Snake of the Day 12-02-13

Produced by Mike Murphy, SMR is proud to have this stunning albino Blonde morph Trans-pecos Rat Snake (Bogertophis subocularis). Thanks, Dusty Rhoads for this awesome male.

Snake of the Day 12-01-13

Finally, this year I’ll find out if this Scaleless corn is het for Stripe.  Sold to me as being possibly het for Stripe and Butter, he certainly appears to be het for Caramel.  With no visible markers for Amel and Stripe, I’ll find out about those mutations this year when I breed him to a Striped Butter.  If I’m lucky, his mate will grace me with Scaleless Striped Butters this coming year.  It’s difficult to type with so many fingers crossed.  

Snake of the Day 11-30-13

      

This is the most busily-marked Palmetto so far.  All newly hatched Palmettos show almost no red, but there was so much black and gray on this one I thought he could be an Anery Palmetto.  After a few months, more of the red is now showing, demonstrating that he is not an Anery version of the Palmetto mutation.  

Snake of the Day 11-29-13

A relatively dark-colored example of the mutation compound, Lava Terrazzo.  This one is a small adult, so its colors will change a little more through maturity.

Snake of the Day 11-26-13

Striped Bloodred corns usually lose the striping they have when they hatch.  Some hatch with very little striping and some hatch with a long obvious stripe, but both will lose most or all of the obvious striping through maturity.