Snake of the Day 03-24-18

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Two 2018 Buckskin Okeetees (one is Amel, of course).  Parents were what you see here; eXtreme Buckskin and Amel Buckskin Okeetees.  I produced precious few of them, but will be offering all but one of them for sale around mid-April, when they have satisfactorily proven to be good frozen/thawed pinky feeders.  . .

Snake of the Day 03-25-18

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This male 2017 Amel Motley is from parents, Striped Motley Sunrise Amel X Striped Amel.   He is currently 21″ long, eating frozen thawed large pinky mice.  $95.00 plus $39.00  

UPDATE: 10-21-18

 NOW 29″ long, eating frozen thawed large fuzzy to small hopper mice.

 

 

Snake of the Day 03-12-18

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This Miami Okeetee corn snake is the product of pairing an Extreme Buckskin Okeetee with a Miami Phase.  Apparently, the yellow coloration that’s spreading tail-ward with maturity is “apparently” an exhibition of retention of carotenoids.  The only flaw in that supposition is that carotenoid expression in corns is largely relegated to the sides, at this age (sub-adult).  This one is showing essentially the same proportion of yellow dorsally as it is laterally?  Odd??

Snake of the Day 03-30-18

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The mostly pattern-less corn in this picture seems to punctuate the GLOW in the mutation, Sunglow?  There are at least two layers that render what we recognize as the MOTLEY pattern.  Only part of the Motley pattern is shown in this snake, but without the other Motley “overlay” pattern–from the missing epidermal scale layer–the classic Motley pattern is not overt.  The comparative here is the Scaleless Sunglow Motley with a Scaleless Amel sibling, to show the relatively lackluster color saturation in the non-Motley Amel.  The question is, “Will the colors in both of these snakes fade or deepen with age?”.   . . .