Category: SOTD

Snake of the Day 04-09-13

Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.

All snakes will be chosen for their unique beauty and/or rarity in the marketplace.
FREE U.S. SHIPPING for each Snake-of-the-Day. 

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Comon corn full of eggs
Female
d.o.h. 2007
50″ long on April 8, 2013
Eating frozen/thawed adult mice
$475.00 shipped

This female is the result of pairing a Butter Corn with an Ultramel Motley Corn.  She is therefore het for at least Motley, Caramel, and either Ultra or Amel.  Of course, she loves eating frozen/thawed adult mice.  On March 17th, I bred her to a Gold Dust Het for Striped Bloodred.  Hence, there’s a chance of getting Sulfur Motleys and lots of other cool morphs.  

If she has not sold by WednesDAY morning (Apr. 10th) at 11am, I’m keeping her to let her lay eggs here the following week or so.  She is opaque in this picture and should shed in the next three or four DAYs.  She should lay her eggs six to nine DAYs thereafter.  I estimate that she has at least 15 eggs, but we don’t guarantee how many eggs she will lay. 

Note:  Gold Dust Corns are hybrids of their original ancestors, Gray Rat Snake X Corn Snake.  Hence, all of her offspring are considered hybrids.  

Snake of the Day 04-10-13

Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.

All snakes will be chosen for their unique beauty and/or rarity in the marketplace.
FREE U.S. SHIPPING for each Snake-of-the-Day.

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toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Wed. April 10, 2013)
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Salmon Snow Motley
Male
d.o.h. 2011
32″ long on April 9, 2013

$250.00 shipped
 

Comments: Superior color and size maturity. It’s difficult to photographically capture his true colors.  His Corals and Pinks are deeper than this picture shows (at least on MY computer monitor) and his greens are much prettier in person.  Since no two monitors render colors the same anyway, perhaps the true colors of this beauty will be expressed better on other monitors.  He is 32″ long, the product of pairing a Salmon Snow Motley to a normal corn that is heterozygous for Salmon Snow Motley. Judging from other snakes from such a pairing, he should develop more of the Coral overtones and green accents he now exhibits.

Snake of the Day 04-11-13

Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.

All snakes will be chosen for their unique beauty and/or rarity in the marketplace.
FREE U.S. SHIPPING for each Snake-of-the-Day.

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toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Thu. April 11, 2013)
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Lava
Male
d.o.h. 2011
32″ long on April 9, 2013

$125.00 shipped
 

Comments: Superior color and markings.  This 2011 male Lava is 32″ long, and possibly het for Anery (therefore, Ice).  He is currently eating frozen/thawed hopper mice.  

 

 

Snake of the Day 04-12-13

Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.

All snakes will be chosen for their unique beauty and/or rarity in the marketplace.
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toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Fri. April 12, 2013)
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Anery Tessera
Female
d.o.h. 2011
33″ long on April 9, 2013

$475.00 shipped
 

Comments: Superior color and markings.  This 2011 Female Anery Tessera is 33″ long, and is possibly het for Blizzard.  She is currently eating frozen/thawed hopper mice.  

 

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Snake of the Day 04-13-13

Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.
All snakes will be chosen for their rarity and/or unique beauty.
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 ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Sat., April 13, 2013)

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Sunglow
Male
d.o.h. 2010
39″ long on Dec. 29, 2012
$140.00 shipped
 

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This 39″ long male Sunglow corn was brumated from December 15, 2012 to March 14, 2013.  He is eating frozen/thawed adult mice.  nglow (no aka)

Snake of the Day 04-14-13

Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.
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toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Sun., April 14, 2013)

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Product of pairing Miami Phase with Okeetee
Male
d.o.h. 2011
32″ long on April 12, 2013
$150.00 shipped
 
Some of our best High-White Reverse Okeetees originated from this F1 product of crossing Miami Phase with Okeetee.  One of the trickiest parts of retaining white ground colors in such Albino Corns is starting with low/non-orange ground color zones, as seen in this snake.  In other words, if you seek superior High-White Reverse Okeetees, this will save you two generations of selective breeding.  No mutations were used in the production of this “wild-type” corn morph compound.

 
 

Snake of the Day 04-15-13

Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.

All snakes will be chosen for their rarity and/or unique beauty.

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toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Mon. April 15, 2013)

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Cross from Java x Kastanie
Male 
d.o.h. 2011
26″+ long on April 12, 2013
$175.00 shipped

Comments: Prospect of new morph as a result of this genetic pairing.

This 26″ 2011 hatchling corn is the product of pairing a Java corn with a Kastanie mutant and is now eating frozen/thawed fuzzy mice.  What is Java?  Is it a Kastanie, a separate (and new) mutation, or just a polygenic production that’s similar to Kastanies?  IF Java is actually Kastanie, these are pure Kastanie mutants.  If Java is something new, these babies are double hets, and if Java is just a polytenic color modifier, these are beautiful corns that are het for Kastanie??

Snake of the Day 04-16-13

Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.

All snakes will be chosen for their rarity and/or unique beauty.

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ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Tue. April 16, 2013)

 
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Common corn het for Stripe and Sunkissed
Male
d.o.h. 2011
32″ long on April 15, 2013

$175.00 shipped

The parents of this snake are comprised of a Striped Tessera and a Sunkissed.  Due to parentage, I expect F1s from this pairing (including this male) to promote better striped pattern for Sunkissed mutant progeny of this male.  Many corns that have only one copy of the Sunkissed mutation (aka: Heterozygote) really show their Sunkissed ancestry.  This one has very deep orange colors for his age and will surely have twice the “sunkissed” color saturaion at maturity.  

 

Snake of the Day 04-17-13

Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.

All snakes will be chosen for their rarity and/or unique beauty.

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ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Tue. April 16, 2013)

 
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Sonoran Mtn. King (Lampropeltis pyromelana pyromelana)
Male
d.o.h. 2010
27″ long on April 15, 2013

$145.00 shipped

At South Mountain Reptiles, we used to breed many species other than corns.  My personal favorites were the tri-colored kings.  It had been years since I had any pyros here so when a friend offered me a brood of hatchlings three years ago, I just couldn’t resist.  I had forgotten the reason I got out of the pyros years ago.  Most of them have the annoying natural instinct to fast when sensing what they perceive to be even the slightest warning of Winter.  In the Fall months when our homes suddenly change overnight temperature from unexpected – but intermittent – cold spells, most pyros take this to be a warning to hunker down for the winter.  Some pyros don’t do this, but this one does.  I sold all but the last gender pair of that brood and now that I am again concentrating efforts to make new corn morphs, I’m going to sell the last two of these beauties.  Know that they love long and cold winters, but they also have the innate ability to manage calories accordingly.  The first year I had this lot I brumated them for 17 months.  It was more of an experiment than a necessity, but they more than tolerated the long dormancy and none perished as a result.  Since then, they have been on a normal brumation regimen.  They never turn down food for me (unless they sensed the onset of Winter) and right now this one is eating frozen/thawed or live large pinky or small fuzzy mice.  If you like bright colors and have an empty cage, you won’t regret watching this stunning mountain king snake grow to around 36″ long.  If a species in our hobby is as friendly as the corn, this is surely it.  I’ve literally never been bitten by the 150 or so pyros I’ve had in my life and not unlike our corns, they seem to love being handled.  

 

Snake of the Day 04-18-13

Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.

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ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Thu. April 18, 2013)

 
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Striped Ghost Bloodred
Male
d.o.h. 2011
34″ long on April 16, 2013
$250.00 shipped


Comments:  Beautiful mature pattern and coloration for its size/age. 

This particular mutational compound ends up being somewhat monochromatic, but if you look closely you can see some of the orange coloration where it’s partial striping is on the dorsum near the head and in faint, random and isolated spots down the back. In addition to that, with more maturity, some latent carotenoid yellow will be more visible on the chin and neck, spreading toward the tail more and more each year throughout its life.