Snake of the Day 02-18-16

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SCRATCH AND DENT snake with an under-skin swelling above her rostrum, surely from pushing to get out of her cage (skin not broken).   She is otherwise feeding well and has never attempted to bite.  She is currently 18″ long, eating frozen/thawed large pinky mice, and her $125.00 USD price includes     

Snake of the Day 01-28-16

this 2015 male Pied-sided Hypo Bloodred corn snake is currently about 16″ long, eating frozen/thawed pinky mice. It’s difficult to photograph how much and where their lateral white is so I’m offering pictures demonstrating at least part of each side of the snake.  Spooky ruby eyes, huh?

Right-hand side of the same snake. 

Snake of the Day 02-20-16

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This 2013 female Tessera corn snake is now 31″ long, eating unaltered frozen/thawed adult mice.  Her parents were Amel Tessera X Buf and while some of her siblings were Buf and Mandarin Tesseras, I don’t believe she inherited the Buf gene.  She has been in brumation since November 6, 2015, so she should soon be warmed. Her $365.00 USD price includes    

Snake of the Day 02-06-16

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Comparison shot of one of our potentially new mutations, an as-yet unnamed red-modifying gene.  Breeding trials are on-going to identify the mode of inheritance.  The lower snake in this picture is a somewhat typical Amelanistic mutant.  Both are neonates (under 1.5 years of age).  It is obvious that there is nothing new about red markings on an Amel mutant, but what is new (for a non Diffused mutant) is the nearly matching red ground color.  Members of this “?gene mutation?” so far have matured to be even more red than this one, so we expect this one to also be more deeply red at maturity.  

Snake of the Day 02-07-16

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Macro view of the head scales on the Cayenne Fire featured on February 5, two DAYs ago.  Aberrant–or even missing–Frontal Scales (bell-shaped center scale) is not exceedingly rare in corns, but this one demonstrates that the aberrancy also impacts adjacent scales whose peripheral shapes usually match those of adjunct scales.  In some cases, missing or aberrant head scales are the result of a gene mutation.  Bonus pic

Snake of the Day 02-22-16

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The parents of this 2014 34″ male corn snake are a Hypo A & Sunkissed Scaleless male and a Ghost Motley female.   Therefore, he is het for Hypo, Sunkissed, Scaleless, Anery, and Motley.  He was brumated from 11/22/15 to 02-01-16 and is currently eating unaltered frozen/thawed adult mice.  His $575.00 USD price includes   

 

 

Snake of the Day 02-09-16a

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This 2013 22″ male Granite Gray-banded Kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna) should produce more Granite phase GBs when bred to a female with the same genes.  Male Granite Gray-bands show more banding and orange than their female Counterparts.  He is currently eating unaltered frozen/thawed fuzzy mice.  His $255.00 USD price includes