Snake of the Day 03-24-19

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These two stunning hatchling Baja Mountain Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis agalma) arrived here earlier this month.  Rob Hansen produced these gems, and they are owned by Stephen Gagliardo.  WOW !  We SHOULD have babies from an older pair of Stephen’s Bajas later this summer.      

 

 

 

Snake of the Day 03-22-19

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It will be interesting to see how this Cherry Blizzard corn transforms in color throughout maturity.  This is the first one in the world.  She shows far too much contrast between saddles and ground color zones to be a good example of a nearly pattern-less Blizzard, but if contrast heightens, she should be an amazing corn when mature?  She appears to have just one copy of the Cherry gene mutation–therefore, she’s a Visual-het?

 

 

 

Snake of the Day 03-21-19

This 18″ female 2018 Super Salmon Snow corn snake is currently eating frozen/thawed medium pinky mice.  She is called SUPER because she is a homozygote for the Red Factor gene mutation that males these snows so deeply pink.  She’ll get much pinker as she matures.  

Snake of the Day 03-19-19

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No, we don’t breed Palmetto corn snakes any more, but I found this picture of one of my favorites.  I love all of the tiny red dots all over the body.  Since there are still images of Palmettos on my web site, when some inquires, we send them to TRAVIS WHISLER REPTILES on FaceBook.  He is the largest producer of Palmettos in the world toDAY. 

Snake of the Day 03-18-19

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This 17″ male 2018 Hurricane Coral Snow Motley is currently eating frozen/thawed medium pinky mice.  He will lose the tip of his tail, due to retained dead skin on his tail from a partial shed, but it should not have any impact on future sheds or breeding as an adult. $35.00 plus $39.00   

Snake of the Day 03-16-19

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Photo of a brood of freshly hatched Blizzard corns photographed a few years ago here at SMR.  Not all Blizzards hatch without showing their markings.  I’ve seen many showing markings at this age mature to be essentially pattern-less as adults, but most Blizzard corns produced in the U.S. have tinges of carotenoid yellow at maturity.  Blizzards are Amel Charcoal mutants, so there is no melanin in them.  The black crescents seen in the eyes are thought to be areas of tissue with density sufficient not to reflect light?  Bonus PIC . . .

Snake of the Day 03-15-19

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This 29″ male 2017 Tessera corn snake is possibly het for Scaleless Anery, since both parents were het for those mutations.  He is currently eating frozen/thawed large fuzzy mice.   $165.00 plus $39.00  

note ALL Scaleless corns in the hobby toDAY (including SCALED corns that are carriers of the Scale-less mutation–aka Het Scaleless), AND even possible-hets are descendants of the original pairing of a Corn Snake to an Emory’s Ratsnake (aka: Great Plains Ratsnake).  Therefore, all Scaleless corns (and their scaled siblings) are inter-species hybrids.