Category: SOTD

Snake of the Day 05-18-16

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What makes the atypical black circles on the back of this Anery Motley is the polygenetic result of non-mutant gene interactions.  These were originally called Hurricane Pattern Motleys because the black circles resemble the meteorological map symbol for Hurricane storms.  I haven’t paired any of my Hurricane Motley breeders for several years, but will make some of them later this summer.  Note the dark, low-contrasting eye.  The parents of this snake were both Anery AND Charcoal, so I believe this one to be both mutations, in addition to Motley, of course.    Bonus Pic . . . 

Snake of the Day 05-19-16

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I don’t recall if I ever bred this female, but she’s about five years old now.  I recall that when I made an effort not to promote Ultramels a few years ago, I put this female on the back shelf.  But this year I think I’ll see what her babies look like.  She’s lean because she just emerged from a long brumation. She’ll fill out in just two or three weeks.  

Snake of the Day 05-20-16

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While there the color variety we expect from all corn snakes, this color theme of Amel Tessera seems to be most popular for this morph here at SMR.  The large and seemingly opaque pupil is the result of over dilation from the continuous flashing of strobes during photography. 

Snake of the Day 05-21-16

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I think the last time I bred Striped Sunglow Motleys was the year that Rob and Louise Stevens of Bayou Reptiles retired from the hobby (I sure miss my old friends).  I keep many corns that I don’t breed for one reason or another (usually because their market performance trends were lazy when they fell from consumer favor), this year I’ll resurrect some of them (like Striped Sunglows) to test the market waters.  

Snake of the Day 05-22-16

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We should have several broods of Honey corn snake types this year.  In addition to Honey (Sunkissed Caramel) we should have Motleys, Stripes and perhaps other variants of this beautiful color morph.  This gold-on-gray version is particularly favored in the hobby, but the yellow-on-yellow versions are also popular.   

Snake of the Day 05-23-16

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The genetic equivalent to Snow and Blizzard, when a snake possesses both paired copies of Cinder and Amel, the result is the Peppermint morph.  Later this summer we’ll have 2016 hatchling Peppermint corns for sale.   This particular color version is the most popular in this morph.  

Snake of the Day 05-25-16

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Produced by TARA SMITH, this Amel isn’t outwardly remarkable for its mutation, but knowing she is het for Micro Pave changes all that.  She–and some of her sisters–should grace me with MP mutants this year.  It’s difficult to type with crossed fingers, but in this hobby one gets used to it.     

Snake of the Day 05-26-16

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This is the mother of the SOTD featured on 08/28/15.  We’re still not sure why the snake in the second picture toDAY looks the way it does, but we get just one of them each year for the past four years from pairing toDAY’s female Anery to a male with the same genes?  Surely we’ll get one–or even two if we’re lucky–this year, unless our luck is reversed, rendering none this summer?  Second Pic . . .