The U.S. Dollar bill in the picture is for size and color comparison. Every computer monitor renders different colors so we put this slightly
used dollar bill in the picture so you can hold one next to your computer to assess the color of the snake.
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).
If we have noticed that the snake listed has any temperament or behavioral issues other than human-friendly, it will be detailed in Comments above.
This 2010 female Granite Corn Snake (Anery Bloodred) is the second generation product of pairing a Snow Corn with a Rosy Bloodred (aka: Kastanie Bloodred). Therefore, in addition to being a Granite, she may also be a Kastanie. Only breeding trials will reveal this. She is scheduled to be brumated next week, for February 2013 breeding.
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Granite (aka: Anery Bloodred) Most Commonly Used Name:Granite Mode of Genetic Inheritance:Recessive Morph Type: Mutation Compound (Anery+ Bloodred)
Eye Color: Black pupil & body ground colored iris (some can be so hypomelanistic, their pupils can be gray to dark red).
Go to History for more details about the DIFFUSED / BLOODRED base mutation of this compound morph.
This compound morph results from combining the color mutations, Anery and Hypo with the pattern mutation Diffused. As with most morph compounds that include the Diffused mutation, the Anery Bloodred mutation‘s color affect is generally more diffused than a typical Anery corn, and some are so hypomelanistic that their eyes are reddish in color (vs. the black pupil of the Anery Bloodred; aka Granite). Except for some of the color and pattern variants of this mutation compound.
Comments: Superior color and scarcity in the market.
The U.S. Dollar bill in the picture is for size and color comparison. Every computer monitor renders different colors so we put this slightly used dollar bill in the picture so you can hold one next to your computer to assess the color of the snake.
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).
If we have noticed that the snake listed has any temperament or behavioral issues other than human-friendly, it will be detailed in Comments above.
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Striped Hypo Bloodred (no aka other than exchange of word order) Note: Expect DIFFUSED and BLOODRED to be incorrectly but synonymously used Most Commonly used Name: Bloodred Mode of Genetic Inheritance:Selective Variation + Recessive Morph Type:Selective variantion of four recessive mutations
Eye Color: Black pupil & body ground colored iris
FIRST, about Bloodred vs. Diffused: A few years ago, due to confusion regarding the heritability of the Bloodred’s base mutation (specifically that the namesake snakes were not red and/or diffused), the base mutation name was changed away from Bloodred – toDiffused. The mechanics of this gene mutation barely diffuse the F1homozygotesthrough maturity (if at all), so do not expect Diffused corns to look like Bloodreds. It is currently believed that Bloodred corns are the product of enhancing the base mutation, Diffused via polygenetic trait modification (selective breeding) to render a red and almost pattern-less (highly diffused) corn snake. That is not the opinion of this author, but in the absence of empirical evidence to the contrary, the best hobby and market interests are not served by published opposition to popular opinion. In other words, I’m not in favor of changing the morph name away from the original Bloodred since the new name Diffused is equally inaccurate. Without polygenetic modification, Diffused corns do not have a diffused appearance.
A brief history on Diffused mutants VS Bloodred mutants:
Initially, the corn snake gene mutation, Diffusion (formerly called Bloodred) was described as being recessively inherited, but many of the F1 generational heterozygotes exhibited some of the obvious features of the gene mutationhomozygotes. It is extremely rare for simple recessive F1 heterozygotes to exhibit ANY features of their recessively inherited genetic mutation. For example, F1heterozygous Amel corn snakes have no markers that demonstrate a hint of their simple recessive mutation, Amel. The paradoxical partial-exhibition of the Diffusion mutation in the heterozygotes resulted in the Diffused mutation being re-described as having codominant inheritance (codom for short), but was tagged with the descriptor, variable. At that time, variable codom seemed an accurate and satisfactory genetic description for the radical color and pattern diversity among members of this mutation, but far too many geneticanomalies persisted. Identification of the inheritance of this mutation is once again considered simple recessive, but the Bloodred corn that most of us identify with toDAY is virtually always the aggregate of traits resulting from theDiffused (new mutation name) gene mutation PLUS polygenetic traits promoted by selectively breeding toward the highest expressions of melanin reduction, diffusion, and red color saturation.
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Striped Hypo Bloodred:
Combining the four recessively-inherited gene mutations (Stripe, Hypo, and Bloodred/Diffused) results in this beautiful morph compound. Many begin with striped pattern showing and slowly lose some or all of that pattern through maturity. Others, retain their neonatal pattern, but regardless, the finished genetic product is beautiful AND worthy of breeding into other gene mutations.
What to expect:
As neonates, Striped Ghost Bloodred corns are often heavily patterned. Most of them demonstrate head patterns that are notably unlike those of typical corns. Most SMR Bloodreds diffuse dramatically through maturity, thereby rendering adults that are nearly devoid of head markings, side markings, (any visible dorsal markings will be very faint). There will be NO belly checkering, but ventral coloration can be all red, all white, or red and white (no black). Many of the early Bloodred corns in the early 1990s were overly inbred and therefore suffered poor fertility (not to mention – the progeny of many of the first generations were stubbornly lizard lovers, refusing to eat pinky mice). Thankfully, through out-crossing in our projects to improve or change colors and patterns, Bloodreds no longer rank high in the realms of sterility or reluctance to eat rodents. In fact, there are some seasons in which Bloodred typesare among the best feeders of our corn snake neonates.
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.
Comments: Superior color and scarcity in the market.
The U.S. Dollar bill in the picture is for size and color comparison.
Every computer monitor renders different colors so we put this slightlyused dollar bill in the picture so you can hold one next to your computer to assess the color of the snake.
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).If we have noticed that the snake listed has any temperament or behavioral issues other than human-friendly, it will be detailed in Comments above.
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.
Morph Type: Selective Variant of Recessive Compound (Amel + Motley)
Eye Color: Red pupil
Many generations were spent in refining the beauty of the Sunglow Motley. Their genetic mutation is officially Amel Motley, but they have been selectively bred toward the goal of deeply saturated red coloration and classically orderly Motley pattern. For years, we were helpless to explain why the colors in this line were so deeply saturated and why they were redder than other genetic lines. In 2009, one of our friends that wondered the same and conducted breeding trials to determine what caused the intense colors. She concludes that SMR Sunglow Motleys possess the added mutation of what is sometimes referred to as Red Mask or Red Factor. It is allegedly inherited in dominant fashion (it is a recently discovered mutation and is still poorly understood). Once I validate her genetic inheritance findings, the price of Sunglow Motleys will increase, since they will undoubtedly become powerful genetic tools in deepening and saturating reds in other corn snake morphs.
What to expect: Sunglow Motley are one of a handful of corn snake morphs that change their appearance very little from hatchling to adult. Expect neonate Sunglow Motleys to be intensely colored, and while the color transition is fractionally that of other mutations, some saturation of color will occur through maturation.
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).
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d.o.h. 2011 24/ long on Nov. 30, 2012
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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.
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.
Comments: Potential 2013 breeder, and triple color het.
Tessera (no aka)
Most Commonly Used Name: Tessera
Mode of Genetic Inheritance:Dominant
MorphType: Dominant to Wild-Type
Eye Color: BLACK pupil and ground-color matching iris
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 theF1(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.
When you breed a Tessera to any other corn snake (approximately 50/50) will comprise theF1s (First Generation Progeny). No waiting one more generation to get pattern mutants, since Tessera is dominant to wild type.
What to expect:
At this early period in the Tessera’s resume, we still don’t know what phenotypic potentials exist. So far, the only behavior that is atypical for a corn snake mutation is that many of the non-mutant siblings of Tessera types seem to have enhanced pattern and color features. So far, I don’t see any hybrid markers, since the collateral sibling features to which I refer are – so far – in the realm of improving existing corn snake features (i.e. some non-Tesseras have better, brighter, cleaner, and/or more consistent colors and markings).
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.
In 2007, Graham Criglow asked KJ Lodrigue to order a 1.2 trio of Striped Motleys that were advertised on one of the popular Online Classified sites – since Graham’s job prevented him from personally receiving them at that time. When they arrived, KJ discovered that they constituted a 2.1 reverse trio (two males and one female) instead of the advertised 1.2 trio (one male and two females). KJ and Kasi recommended that Graham gift the extra male to me, and that’s what Graham did. Profound thanks to Graham, KJ, and Kasi for that gracious and fortuitous gift. In 2008, both the Lodrigues and I independently bred our males (Graham’s and mine) to novel (unrelated) corns. I produced about 24 TESSERAS (so named by the Lodrigues for the tessellated lateral markings) from over 50 fertile eggs, but since the Lodrigues were in the middle of a career move to another State, they were less fortunate, producing just four non-mutantOkeetee-looking corns. My Tesseras were produced by the pairing of the male Tessera to three novel female corns (two F1 Locality Okeetees from Chip BridgesRhett Butler Line and one Okeetee-ish female, Het for Stripe and Amel). Imagine my surprise in seeing what we thought were nearly flawless Striped Motleys from three different females, only one of which was Het for a recessive pattern mutation? After the first brood of 50% Tesseras hatched from the female that was het for Stripe and Amel, except for the perfection of pattern, I was not thinking new dominantmutation, but when both wild-type Okeetees produced the same results, it was obvious that a new mutation was discovered.
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) orF2s (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:The most obvious advantage of having Tesseras in your breeding inventory (aside from their inherent beauty) is that because the mutation is dominantly inherited, 50% of every brood of corns from them will be Tessera mutants. With most other corn snake mutations, one must raise all the HetF1progeny, and won’t receive any mutants until F2 reproduction (a task that can take four to six years). In the course of adding Tessera to the myriad current patterns and colors of corns, an entirely new market is now in the making.
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.
The belly patterns are all over the charts. A precious few have enough belly checkering to qualify them as wild-type common corns — until you flip them over to see their mutant pattern elsewhere. About 1/3 of them have roughly 15% to 30% of the volume of checkering seen in wild-types, and about 1/3or more have virtually no belly checkering at all. Some of the ones with NO belly checkering have organized strings of black markings running the length of both sides of the belly, along the ventral keel.
