Sunrise Amel corns have some amazing qualities. Why the name SUNRISE for this beautiful corn snake mutant? It’s because when they first hatch, their colors are lackluster and atypical for Amels, but quickly deepen in color throughout maturity. We don’t really know yet how Sunrise mutants look outside the realm of their combination with the gene mutation, AMELanistic (aka: albino)? Most red-modifying gene mutations in corns are inherited in some form of dominance, but in so much as Sunrise deepens reds in Amels, it is considered a red-modifier, even though its mode of inheritance is recessive to wild-type (like Red Coat). Pictures is a Striped Sunrise Amel mutant male, old enough to exhibit some top-dorsal de-pigmentation that is common among mature Sunrise Amels that are also pattern mutants. Bonus PICs . . .
