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Had this 2015 male Scaleless Anery Tessera not had so many black scales, he would be entirely pale in color. Love those cheek shields?
Second pic . . .
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Snake of the Day 08-13-15
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OUT FOR 2015
Next week, we will list the 2015 Blue Motley corns (aka: Anery Dilute Motleys). Male adult shown above and female below demonstrate how the hatchlings should look in a year or two of maturity. Most of them have fragments of striping mixed with otherwise typical Motley markings, the result of both parents being het for Stripe. Few (if any) lack those partial striped or segments of connected markings. Female pic . . .
Snake of the Day 07-29-15
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Another 2015 brood of Graham Criglow’s ZagTec corns (perfected by Kasi Lodgigue). Their pattern “aberrancy” is not attributed to a gene mutation, but to polygenetics (renderings of interactions between genes). The morph name is a combination of the morph names ZigZag and Aztec, neither of which officially denote visible pattern namesake in Zagtecs. I guess we could say that each of those patterns that has been demonstrated in both of those polygenetic hobby morphs, little of either of which are obvious. After at least two consecutive feedings of unaltered, frozen/thawed pinkies, they will be offered for sale on our web site.
Snake of the Day 08-14-15
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This 2013 female Striped Corn is now 33″ long, eating frozen/thawed small adult mice. She is het Fire (Amel Bloodred) and possibly-het Ghost. Her $195.00 price includes
Snake of the Day 07-30-15
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Extreme Reverse Okeetee Corn hatching. It’s believed that the depth of color in newly-hatching snakes appears exaggerated by the magnifying effect of the gelatinous albumin that surrounds the embryo through incubation, but also because the process of the 1st separating epidermal layer has barely begun. As soon as the albumin dries–hours after emergence from their eggs–pictures of snakes reveal that their colors are less spectacular. We often only see those early colors again after they slough their first post-partum skin approximately seven DAYs after emergence from their egg shells. Note the seemingly aggressive “slashing” of shells some of his siblings demonstrated when preparing to leave their eggs? You can even see dark lines where the one emerging had sliced without fully penetrating the shell with his egg tooth.
Snake of the Day 07-31-15
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Anyone who has bred a Cinder-type corn to any non-Cinder knows that most (if not all) of the progeny will have a pale (hypo-esque) appearance. These two Tesseras are the products of pairing a Miami-phase Tessera to a Buttermint (Amel Caramel Cinder). Bonus Pic . . .
Snake of the Day 08-01-15
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Two 2015 Buckskin Okeetee corns. Bonus Pic . . .
Snake of the Day 08-02-15
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Seemingly typical Terrazzo Corns, the parents of these were a Charcoal Terrazzo and a Lava Terrazzo. We will also be selling Terrazzos this year from pairing a Scaleless Extreme Okeetee to a Lava Terrazzo. The Terrazzo side of these family trees are Boyd Line Terrazzos just two generations from Landrace.
Snake of the Day 08-03-15
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2015 Buttermints and siblings. From Buttermint (Amel Caramel Cinder) x Amel het Buttermint (aka: Butter Peppermints), I don’t yet know which ones are (if any) Buttermints but I should have a better idea once they shed next week. Bonus Pic . . .
Snake of the Day 08-04-15
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Two 2015 Tessera corns; Lava Tessera and Amel Tessera. The Amel Tessera was sired by a RF-type mutant, so it will hopefully mature to have less orange (more red?) than virtually all other Amel Tesseras in the hobby toDAY. Bonus Pic . . .