Category: SOTD

Snake of the Day 08-05-17

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Two strikingly different-looking–but remarkable 2017 Butter corn snakes.  The more yellow one in the foreground is a Saffron (Sunkissed Butter) that appears to be Motley, but its lineage suggests that it would actually be a Striped mutant (potentially evidences via the blocky saddles that are spaced somewhat equidistantly)?  Only breeding trials will reveal which pattern mutation it actually possesses. The other Butter has amazingly high contrasting colors, but should mature to be yellow-on-yellow? 

 

Snake of the Day 08-06-17

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Arguably a remarkable example of an Anery ZagTec corn snake, this 2017 hatchling is now almost three weeks old. I call these ZAGTEC but some call them “Wide-striped” corns. These polygenetic variants do not owe their atypical pattern to a gene mutation, so calling them STRIPED could confuse people into thinking they have a predictable mutation (other than Anery, of course)? No, they’re not really ZigZag NOR Aztec, but since we have seen some ZigZags (aka: Zippers) and some Aztecs that have a degree of broad and linear connected dorsal markings, I adopted this name. It IS possible to get some with similar pattern in both Aztecs and ZigZags, so ZagTec is more of a syndromic tag? These morphs owe their atypical pattern to polygenetic compounds (interactions between common genes), while most pattern morphs in our hobby are the result of gene mutations. SAD DETAILS . . .

Snake of the Day 08-07-17

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This 30″ male 2015 Striped Tessera corn snake is currently eating frozen/thawed hopper mice. His parents were both het for Striped Fire and possibly-het for Ghost, so this male is possibly het for those mutations. His $235.00 USD price includes     Bonus pic . . .   S O L D

Snake of the Day 08-02-17rr

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I presume this is a first since I didn’t see it on Ian’s Vivarium, but not completely certain. This 2017 Saffron Tessera (Amel Caramel Sunkissed Tessera) hatched a few weeks and is already eating me out of mouse and home.   Bonus pic . . .