Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.
toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Fri., Dec. 7, 2012)
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27″ long on Dec, 1, 2012
Comments: Feeding on frozen/thawed fuzzy mice
The inherent Value of the Snow Tessera – in addition to the fact that breeding it to ANY other corn snake color or pattern you will get approximately 50% Tesseras – is that if you breed this snake to a Snow corn snake (or any compound of the Snow mutation), approximately 50% will be Snows and 50% will be Snow Tesseras. By pairing this snake to a common corn that is Het for Snow, in the first brood of their progeny you can get:
- Common corns
- Amel corns
- Anery corns
- Snow corns
- Tessera corns
- Amel Tessera corns
- Anery Tessera corns
- Snow Tessera corns
Most Commonly Used Name: Snow Tessera
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Dominant + recessive (Amel + Anery = Snow)
Morph Type: Single Dominant Mutation + recessive color mutations
FIRST, what makes Tesseras so expensive? Other than appearance, the primary (and inherent) value of Tessera-type Corns is their mode of inheritance. Since they are dominant to wild type, pairing any Ultra Type that is a Visual Het to ANY corn snake (other than a Tessera-type) will render 50% Tessera mutants in the F1 (first) out-crossed generation. The results of pairing an Tessera homozygote with ANY corn snake (other than a Tessera-type) will render 100% Tessera mutants.
Snow Tessera is the combination of Amelanistic + Anerythristic = Snow & Tessera.
Upon receiving the reverse trio from the seller, we all commented on the mutual peculiarity of the phenotypes. Most appeared to be the most perfectly Striped Motleys ever seen – in so much as their dorsal stripes were nearly contiguous from neck to tail tip (something never before seen in any corn snake pattern mutant) – but that was hardly possible if the admission of the breeder were true – that they were products of pairing a Striped corn with an Okeetee corn. How could these descendants of a Striped corn bred to an Okeetee be Motley types, instead of Striped? It is still unclear if those 2.1 Tesseras were F1s (first familial generation) or F2s (the originator of this line is now out of the hobby and difficult to reach – for clarification). If these three Tesseras are F1s, my deduction is that the striped corn he used in the original pairing was actually Striped AND Tessera. Even if those three were F2s, the likelihood of the mutant patriarch being a Striped Tessera is strong.
In the 100+ Tessera mutants produced by me as of Fall, 2010, I’m seeing the following features:
Predominantly contiguous dorsal striping is the most unique feature of most Tesseras. Even when the stripe is broken, it resumes immediately thereafter (unlike Striped and Motley mutants whose dorsal striping never resumes with any degree of renewal). Roughly 1/3 of all that have been produced so far have no stripe breaks. Another 1/3 or so have two to four stripe breaks, and the other 1/3 can have five to 20+ stripe breaks, but those breaks are merely interruptions of the stripe. Not unlike very good Striped Motleys, many Tesseras have an interruption of stripe at the girdle (anatomical location – polar to the cloaca), but unlike Striped and Motley mutants, the dorsal stripe almost always continues to the tail tip. Thus far, fully striped Tesseras have been produced from parents with some-to-many dorsal stripe breaks. Hence, broken-striped Tesseras can produce fully striped striped Tesseras, even though their stripe is broken. Incidentally, none of the original 2.1 original Tesseras in this line have complete dorsal striping, but many of their progeny and grand progeny do.
More than 2/3 of the Tesseras produced by me so far have atypically large amounts of black pigment in their non-ventral pattern — a feature roughly 1% of all Striped and Motley mutants have demonstrated to date. Less than 1/4 of all Tesseras produced by me have little to no black in their markings, and these are mostly Striped Tesseras.
Creamsicle 12-08-12
Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.
All snakes will be chosen for their rarity and/or unique beauty.
toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Sat., Dec. 8, 2012)
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28″ long on Dec, 1, 2012
Comments: Feeding on frozen/thawed fuzzy or small hopper mice.
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INTERSPECIES HYBRID !
Creamsicle (no aka)
Most Commonly Used Name: Creamsicle
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive corn snake Amel + Emory’s Rat Snake
Morph Type: Single recessive HYBRID Mutation
Eye Color: Red pupil
Formerly considered an intergrade of what used to be two corn snake subspecies (Elaphe guttatus guttatus X Elaphe guttatus emoryi), Creamsicles are the final product of crossing an Emory’s Rat (aka: Great Plains Rat Snake) with an Amel corn. Since the new taxonomic classification assigns distinct species to each (Pantherophis emoryi and Pantherophis guttatus), in herpetocultural vernacular, Creamsicles are now officially considered hybrids. ANY progeny from Creamsicles or any corn snake that has any degree of Emory’s Rat Snake in it, is considered a HYBRID. The albinos are called Creamsicles and the non-albinos are often called Root Beers.
Important Note:
These images are not renderings of the actual animals being offered, (except for uniquely offered snakes found in the SURPLUS section of this web site). We do not provide pictures of individual hatchling snakes for sale, nor do we recommend that you ever choose a new pet based on an image of its neonatal form. Corns change so dramatically from hatchling to adult, they will NEVER have the same colors or contrasts throughout maturity. While most of the snakes we produce will mature to resemble the featured adult image(s) on our web site, unlike manufactured products that are respectively clones of each other, the nature of polygenic variation results in each animal being similar but not identical to others of its morph. The snake we select for you may not mature to be identical to the pictured examples, but will be chosen based on our experience of observing which neonates will mature to properly represent their respective morph. We take this responsibility very seriously, and therefore publish the guarantee that we will exchange your SMR snake if it does not mature to be like our advertised examples.
Charcoal 12-05-12
toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Wed., Dec. 5, 2012)
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32″ long on Dec, 1, 2012
Comments: Feeding on frozen/thawed fuzzy mice
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive
Morph Type: Single Recessive Mutation
The second anerythristic-type mutation discovered in corn snakes (Anery A was the first), Charcoal corns were originally named for the origin of the first one to be discovered; Pine Island – off the Florida Coast. Originally mis-perceived to be a variant of the Anery A mutation, the first one was bred to a Snow corn, in a presumed effort to use this new-looking anery type to alter the appearance of typical Anerys and Snows. Subsequent generational results demonstrated that this was not an allele of the first anerythristic-type corn; Anery A.
Many of the original Charcoal corns lacked yellow. Yellow was not common in the first generations of this morph, since early specimens apparently lacked the dietary carotenoid yellow trait/mutation common in most Anery corns. Even toDAY, some Charcoal and Blizzard corns are devoid of yellow as adults, but in so much as that original specimen was quickly bred to a Snow corn, the carotenoid retention trait/gene is annoyingly persistent in most family lines of Charcoals and Blizzards. Breeding trials to identify the mechanics and inheritance of the carotenoid retention trait/gene are on-going.
Important Note:
These images are not renderings of the actual animals being offered, (except for uniquely offered snakes found in the SURPLUSsection of this web site). We do not provide pictures of individual hatchling snakes for sale, nor do we recommend that you ever choose a new pet based on an image of its neonatal form. Corns change so dramatically from hatchling to adult, they will NEVER have the same colors or contrasts throughout maturity. While most of the snakes we produce will mature to resemble the featured adult image(s) on our web site, unlike manufactured products that are respectively clones of each other, the nature of polygenic variation results in each animal being similar but not identical to others of its morph. The snake we select for you may not mature to be identical to the pictured examples, but will be chosen based on our experience of observing which neonates will mature to properly represent their respective morph. We take this responsibility very seriously, and therefore publish the guarantee that we will exchange yourSMR snake if it does not mature to be like our advertised examples.
Blue Motley 12-03-12
toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Wed Dec. 3, 2012)
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30/ long on Dec. 2, 2012
Comments: Age, color, breeding potential in toDAY’s marketplace.
30″ long, eating frozen/thawed large fuzzy or small hopper mice, he will surely be ready for breeding in 2013.
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Tessera HET snow 12-02-12
toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Sun Dec. 2, 2012)
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Comments: Potential 2013 breeder, and triple color het.
As hatchlings, Anery Tesseras look virtually identical to exceptionally patterned Striped Anery Motley. Of course, the primary distinction is not visible. It is that of the dominant inheritance. We’re still not quite sure what to tell you about the adult appearance of Snow Tesseras, as 2010 was the first year they were produced here. Updated pictures will be made available as they mature.
Upon receiving the reverse trio from the seller, we all commented on the mutual peculiarity of the phenotypes. Most appeared to be the most perfectly Striped Motleys ever seen – in so much as their dorsal stripes were nearly contiguous from neck to tail tip (something never before seen in any corn snake pattern mutant) – but that was hardly possible if the admission of the breeder were true – that they were products of pairing a Striped corn with an Okeetee corn. How could these descendants of a Striped corn bred to an Okeetee be Motley types, instead of Striped? It is still unclear if those 2.1 Tesseras were F1s (first familial generation) or F2s (the originator of this line is now out of the hobby and difficult to reach – for clarification). If these three Tesseras are F1s, my deduction is that the striped corn he used in the original pairing was actually Striped AND Tessera. Even if those three were F2s, the likelihood of the mutant patriarch being a Striped Tessera is strong.
Predominantly contiguous dorsal striping is the most unique feature of most Tesseras. Even when the stripe is broken, it resumes immediately thereafter (unlike Striped and Motley mutants whose dorsal striping never resumes with any degree of renewal). Roughly 1/3 of all that have been produced so far have no stripe breaks. Another 1/3 or so have two to four stripe breaks, and the other 1/3 can have five to 20+ stripe breaks, but those breaks are merely interruptions of the stripe. Not unlike very good Striped Motleys, many Tesseras have an interruption of stripe at the girdle (anatomical location – polar to the cloaca), but unlike Striped and Motley mutants, the dorsal stripe almost always continues to the tail tip. Thus far, fully striped Tesseras have been produced from parents with some-to-many dorsal stripe breaks. Hence, broken-striped Tesseras can produce fully striped striped Tesseras, even though their stripe is broken. Incidentally, none of the original 2.1 original Tesseras in this line have complete dorsal striping, but many of their progeny and grand progeny do.
More than 2/3 of the Tesseras produced by me so far have atypically large amounts of black pigment in their non-ventral pattern — a feature roughly 1% of all Striped and Motley mutants have demonstrated to date. Less than 1/4 of all Tesseras produced by me have little to no black in their markings, and these are mostly Striped Tesseras.
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toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Wed Nov 21, 2012) {simpleproduct:id=416} Details He eats normally and has never been ill a DAY in his life. The spinal anomaly is the same proportional size it was when he hatched, so I don’t expect it to become any more obvious than it currently is. In fact, most spinal anomalies like this actually appear smaller with the dorso-lateral growth of musculature in that part of the body, nor do I expect this anomaly to have any deletarious impact on his life. He eats large frozen/thawed fuzzy mice and has never had a lapse of appetite or ability to digest. His temperament is typically corn snake, in that he is curious and has never demonstrated the slightest repulsion to being handled. The bubble view in the upper-right corner of the above picture demonstrates the geographic location of the spinal anomaly and in the upper-left corner, the extent of the spinal protrustion. If nobody buys him, we’re going to breed him to a Blue Motley (Dilute Anery Motley) in 2013 to find out if he’s a Tessera. He had several Tessera siblings and from the perfetion of shape and contiguity of his striping, I stop just short of declaring that his is actually a Striped Blue Tessera. His father is a Tessera Het Striped Blue Motley and his mother was het for Striped Blue Motley. $165.00 In so much as no two computer monitors render colors the same, the colors, shades, tones, and hues of the snakes pictured on our site have been maticulously evaluated and declared to match those of the respective snake for sale. This snake is in good health (not under or over-weight, no parasites or diseases that we are aware, no injuries or defects, and routinely feeding on unaltered frozen/thawed mice). Details ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY Sat, Dec. 22, 2012) This 2012 female Low-White P/S Bloodred shows little white, but is capable of producing lows, mediums, and highs in the realm of the degree of white – when bred to other SMR Line P/S Bloodreds. She is eating frozen/thawed pinky mice every five to seven DAYs. The picture inset shows the location of the dorsal spinal kink. Pied-sided Bloodred (aka: p/s bloodreds) Go to History for more details about the DIFFUSED / BLOODRED base mutation of this compound morph. At this time, this author suspects that P/S Bloodreds owe their atypical white lateral and facial markings to polygenetic traits versus simple recessive mutation. It is sometimes difficult to determine the inheritance of a trait or mutation when expression of the atypical feature is highly variable. In other words, are the Bloodred siblings of P/S Bloodreds not P/S Bloodreds OR are they P/S Bloodred mutants that are at the lowest end of the 0-to-10 scale for white expression? When proving the mode of inheritance via evaluation of Mendelian Phenotype Proportions in a single brood of snakes, visual expression is crucial. Hence, if the expression of white in this morph can be so extremely variable, when citing the ratio of visual mutants compared to visual non mutants, the very description of inheritance can be in doubt. I therefore honestly don’t know if P/S Bloodreds owe their distinctive pied-sided white appearance to a recessive mutation OR polygenic trait modifications. Aside from the random lateral white feature that is obvious in most members of this morph – compared to standard Bloodreds – is the extreme diffusion – even if they don’t demonstrate any of the randomly distributed white patches on the sides. On most – even in the absence of lateral white patches – there is an obvious line of demarcation between the dorsal and lateral pattern fields – just above the half-way point on the sides (dorso–laterally). This stark break line between dorsal and lateral markings also begs questions about the lateral white being a mutation OR variable expression of polygenetics. #111713 50″ long 2010 female Ultramel is HET for Caramel is eating frozen/thawed adult mice. She brumated from October 10th, to January 31st so she will soon want to be married. Note: Ultramel is the visual heterozygote of the the mutation, Ultra. Ultramel corns are what we call the Visual Het version of the Ultra Mutation. Virtually all heterozygotes of mutations that are recessive to Wild-type are indiscernable, when compared to their non-Het siblings. At SMR, we seldom offer the homozygous version of the Ultra mutation because there is a subtle and often indistinguishable difference between the Homo (Ultra) and Het (Ultramel) versions. Genetically speaking, Ultras are the powerhouse genetic version of this mutation in so much as when you breed one to any Amel corn snake, 100% of the progeny will be Ultramels. Breeding Ultramels to Amels results in approximately 50% Ultramels and approximately 50% Amels. Generally, Ultramels are more colorful than Ultras, but there are exceptions in both directions. Breeding an Ultra type to any non-Amel corn will result in NO Ultra types, since Ultra is recessive to Wild-type. Other than appearance, the primary (and inherent) value of Ultra Type Corns (Ultras and Ultramels and their color and pattern compounds) is their mode of genetic inheritance. Since they are co-dominant to Amelanistics, pairing any Ultra type to ANY Amel corn (or Het thereof) will render some Ultra types in the F1 (first generation) of out-crossing to non-Ultra type corns. The results of pairing an Ultra-type with a non-Amel corn (or Het thereof) will render Mendelian results that parallel recessively-inherited mutations; no Ultra-types will result, and all progeny will be Het for Ultra when bred to non-Amels. This is one of the few corn snake morphs that you should not purchase based on a pictorial example. This is because of the extreme diversity of appearance within the mutation/morph. I could easily make this statement about most corn snake mutants, but the reason I do so here is because the real value of this mutation is its’ mode of inheritance. Few corn snake mutations are inherited in dominant fashion, so the primary reason most snake lovers purchase Ultras or Ultramels is because when they breed one to any snake with a form of classic amelanism, approximately 50% of the F1 broods will be Ultra-type mutants (or approximately 25% – in the case of breeding the an Ultramel to a corn that is het for Amel and 100% if you breed an Ultra to an Amel type). I think you will be amply satisfied with any phenotype you receive from an Ultra type, but should you choose to buy one based on the sample picture on any web site, you may be disappointed if yours does not mature to be exactly like the one that inticed you to purchase. Important Note: #112912 Striped Butter Click here for more information In so much as no two computer monitors render colors the same, the colors, shades, tones, and hues of the snakes pictured on our site have been maticulously evaluated and declared to match those of the respective snake for sale. This snake is in good health (not under or over-weight, no parasites or diseases that we are aware, no injuries or defects, and routinely feeding on unaltered frozen/thawed mice). To purchase this snake, click on the Buy this icon. You will be launched to our shopping cart to submit your payment information and choose which TuesDAY or ThursDAY you prefer delivery. This compound morph results from combining the color mutations Amel + Caramel = Butter and the pattern mutation, Stripe. Color hues and shades & pattern are variable, but it is apparent that the Striped mutation has a color impact upon the Butter corn’s coloration, and that impact is one of enhancement. I don’t recall ever seeing Striped or Motley Butter that was not more deeply yellow than Butter mutants without a pattern mutation. Striped Anery ?Dilute? 12-01-12
24/ long on Nov. 30, 2012
Comments: From the Scratch and Dent department, this 2011 male Striped Anery has a dorsal spinal enlargement. His parents were both het for the Dilute mutation, so he is possibly a Blue Striped corn and I even believe him to be a Tessera since his father is a Tessera het Dulute Anery Motley (aka: Blue Motley). Obviously, were I certain of that genotype, he would be much more expensive, so this is a rare opportunity to pick up a potentially rare corn at a very low price.Striped Champagne 11-30-12
36″ long on Nov. 29, 2012
Comments: Superior color and size maturity2012-Pied-sided HYPO Bloodred – low
Note: Expect DIFFUSED and BLOODRED to be incorrectly but synonymously used in the hobby
Most Commonly used Name: Hypo Pied-sided Bloodred
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Selective Variation + Recessive
Morph Type: Single recessive mutation & selective variation UltramelHETcaramel 02-17-13
Ultramel Het Caramel
d.o.h. 2010
50″ long on Feb. 16, 2013
$200.00 shipped
Comments: Superior color and genetic potential
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Codominant with Amel, but recessive to Wild-type
The founder (discoverer) of the Ultra mutation states that he originally paired a gray rat snake with a corn snake, in the discovery of this mutation. By the time most of us were made aware of the HYBRID origins of Ultra types (originally named Ultra Hypos), we had already bred it into many other corn snake mutations. It was therefore collectively decided that in so much as it would be virtually impossible to track down (and eliminate) each and every snake possessing a form of the Ultra gene (surely thousands of individuals in the collections of hundreds of breeders and keepers), the mutation would be treated like other pure corns. In so much as it generally did not alter the corn snake pattern, some breeders could be unaware they had it, while some could avoid mentioning it, if they did know. Those of you out there who are boycotting HYBRID corns are advised to avoid acquisition of suspicious-looking corns with the word ULTRA in the morph description. Likewise, purists who admirably endeavor to promote only the genetically purest of corns are urged to question corns that have suspiciously abnormal features that are historically regarded as hybrid markers. Not that all such markers are proof of alien origins. Especially because of the difficulty and expense of formulating a DNA base line for all North American colubrid snake species, and in the absence of expensive DNA testing to identify the authenticity of pure corns, without obvious visual and/or genetic distinctions, identification of legitimately pure (or impure) corns is difficult at this time, if not completely impossible.
These images are not renderings of the actual animals being offered, (except for uniquely offered snakes found in the SURPLUS section of this web site). We do not provide pictures of individual hatchling snakes for sale, nor do we recommend that you ever choose a new pet based on an image of its neonatal form. Corns change so dramatically from hatchling to adult, they will NEVER have the same colors or contrasts throughout maturity. While most of the snakes we produce will mature to resemble the featured adult image(s) on our web site, unlike manufactured products that are respectively clones of each other, the nature of polygenic variation results in each animal being similar but not identical to others of its morph. The snake we select for you may not mature to be identical to the pictured examples, but will be chosen based on our experience of observing which neonates will mature to properly represent their respective morph. We take this responsibility very seriously, and therefore publish the guarantee that we will exchange your SMR snake if it does not mature to be like our advertised examples.Striped Butter 11-29-12
Male
d.o.h. 2011
24″ long on Nov. 29, 2012
$150.00 shipped
Most Commonly Used Name: Striped Butter
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive
Morph Type: Mutation compound (Butter & Stripe)