Striped Tessera02-23-13

 

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.
FREE U.S. SHIPPING for each Snake-of-the-Day.
DAY022313sold
 
{simpleproduct:id=502}
ToDAY’s Snake of the Day – Sat. Feb. 23, 2013

 

 
#022313
Striped Tessera
Female
d.o.h. 2011

40″ long on February 21,, 2013

$450.00 shipped
 
 
This 2011 female Striped Tessera is now 40″ long and eating frozen/thawed adult mice  Both parents are Striped Tesseras and she is also possibly het Amel and Caramel.   If she is a Super-form (aka: a homozygote) Striped Tessera, breeding her to any type of corn will result in 100% Tessera progeny.

 
Details:

Striped Tessera (no aka)
Most Commonly Used Name: Striped Tessera
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Dominant to wild-type
Morph Type: Either a Striped Tessera Heterozygote or Striped Tessera Homozygote (aka: Super-form).
Eye Color: Black pupil with ground zone-colored iris
 

 
 
 
 
 

FIRST, what makes Tesseras so expensive? Other than appearance, the primary (and inherent) value of Tessera-type Corns is their mode of inheritance.  Since they are dominant to wild type, pairing any Ultra Type that is a Visual Het to ANY corn snake (other than a Tessera-type) will render 50% Tessera mutants in the F1 (first) out-crossedgeneration.  The results of pairing an Tessera homozygote with ANY corn snake (other than a Tessera-type) will render 100% Tessera mutants.

 
Striped Tesseras are at least homozygotes of the recessively-inherited STRIPE mutation and the dominantly–inherited TESSERA mutation. At this time, there appears to be no direct mutational relationship between those two mutations (when in genetic union), except for the seemingly collateral features that distinguish virtually all Striped Tesseras from simple Striped mutants. The features that are demonstrated in most Striped Tesseras that distinguish them from simple Striped corn mutants are:
 
 

 
  • Contiguity of pattern. Striped Tesseras have remarkably continuous striping and if it does break – unlike simple mutant Striped corns – it resumes in the same form – without fading to broken striping and eventually no striped pattern at all, as we see in ALL simple mutant Striped corns.
  • Stripe that extends to the tail and beyond.  I have never seen a simple mutant Striped corn that had a stripe that continued to the tail tip.  I’ve seen nearly full striping in some lines of Striped Motleys, but never in Striped mutants.  When one corn possesses both the STRIPE and the TESSERA mutations, most of these corns have striping that continues to the tip of the tail, regardless of how many stripe breaks there are between the neck and tail tip.  When the striped pattern of Striped corn mutants begins to break up and/or fade, it does not resume in recognizable form.  My reference to “tail pattern” is the dorsal location that is the polar opposite of the cloaca (polar as opposing points on the same vertical plane).
  • Variable stripe width. It is not common, but some of the Striped Tesseras we’ve produced have varying stripe width, which is something seldom observed on simple Striped mutants.  Generally speaking, the striping of Striped Tesseras widens as it extends tail-ward.  Some have intermittent and abrupt changes of width from the neck to the tail, but except for gradual widening of stripe, some have remarkably clean stripes.  The question that can’t help but be asked is, “In STRIPED TESSERAS, is the striped pattern the result of the Striped mutation, the striped version of the Motley mutation; Striped Motley. OR the striped version of the Tessera mutation?”  I don’t know the answer at this time.  

Note the comparison of a Striped Amel (Het Caramel) and a Striped Tessera in this image.

    stvsstte4792my11

     
     
     

    What to expect:

    Striped Tesseras are still fairly rare. So far, the only feature that is atypical – compared to typical corn snake mutations – is that many of the non-mutant siblings of Tessera types seem to have enhanced pattern and color features.  So far, I don’t recognize any traditional markers that are unique to hybrid colubrids, since the collateral sibling features to which I refer are – so far – in the realm of improving existing corn snake features (i.e. some non-Tesseras have better, brighter, cleaner, and/or more consistent colors and markings).  I’m intrigued by the collateral nature of some of the non-Tessera siblings co-incidentally having improved characteristics without changing standard features of the species (i.e. body shape, belly checkering, head pattern, shape and number of markings).
     
     
    As hatchlings, Striped Tesseras generally look like Striped corns, except for the precision of striping and retention of black pigment seen in most Striped Tesseras. Other than the obviously better quality of striping in Striped Tesseras, the primary difference between the closest corn snake phenotype (Striped Motley) and Striped Tesseras  is that of the dominant genetic inheritance of the Tessera.  Naturally, the Stripe and Motley mutations (which are alleles of the Motley locus) are inherited in recessive fashion. Just like all corns, Striped Tesseras gain improved color saturation as they mature.
     
     
     
     
    History of the Tessera Mutation:
    In 2007, Graham Criglow asked KJ Lodrigue to order a 1.2 trio of Striped Motleys that were advertised on one of the popular Online Classified sites – since Graham’s job prevented him from personally receiving them at that time.  When they arrived, KJ discovered that they constituted a 2.1 reverse trio (two males and one female) instead of the advertised 1.2 trio (one male and two females).  KJ and Kasi recommended that Graham gift the extra male to me, and that’s what Graham did.  Profound thanks to Graham, KJ, and Kasi for that gracious and fortuitous gift.  In 2008, both the Lodrigues and I independently bred our males (Graham’s and mine) to novel (unrelated) corns. I produced about 24 TESSERAS (so named by the Lodrigues for the tessellated lateral markings) from over 50 fertile eggs, but since the Lodrigues were in the middle of a career move to another State, they were less fortunate, producing just four non-mutant Okeetee-looking corns.
     
    Tesseras were produced by the pairing of the male Tessera to three novel female corns (two F1 Locality Okeetees from Chip Bridges Rhett Butler Line and one Okeetee-ish female, Het for Stripe and Amel).  Imagine my surprise in seeing what we thought were nearly flawless Striped Motleys from three different females, only one of which was Het for a recessive pattern mutation?  After the first brood of 50% Tesseras hatched from the female that was het for Stripe and Amel, except for the perfection of pattern, I was not thinking new dominant mutation, but when both wild-type Okeetees produced the same results, it was obvious that a new mutation was discovered.

    Upon receiving the reverse trio from the seller, we all commented on the mutual peculiarity of the phenotypes.  Most appeared to be the most perfectly Striped Motleys ever seen – in so much as their dorsal stripes were nearly contiguous from neck to tail tip (something never before seen in any corn snake pattern mutant) – but that was hardly possible if the admission of the breeder were true – that they were products of pairing a Striped corn with an Okeetee corn.  How could these descendants of a Striped corn bred to an Okeetee be Motley types, instead of Striped?  It is still unclear if those 2.1 Tesseras were F1s (first familial generation) or F2s (the originator of this line is now out of the hobby and difficult to reach – for clarification).  If these three Tesseras are F1s, my deduction is that the striped corn he used in the original pairing was actually Striped AND Tessera.  Even if those three were F2s, the likelihood of the mutant patriarch being a Striped Tessera is strong.

    In the 100+ Tessera mutants produced by me as of Fall, 2010, I’m seeing the following features:
    The most obvious advantage of having Tesseras in your breeding

    Ultramel Motley 02-22-13

    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.

    FREE U.S. SHIPPING for each Snake-of-the-Day.
     

     
    S O L D 
     

    toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Fri. Feb. 22, 2013)

    {simpleproduct:id=501}

    Details

     

    #022213
    50″ long on Feb. 21, 2013
    Ultramel Motley
    Female
    d.o.h. 2009
    $300.00 shipped

    Comments:  Feeding on frozen/thawed adult mice, this 2009 female Ultramel Motley was brumated (hibernated) from October 10, 2012 to January 31, 2013 so she should be ready to breed in just a few short weeks. I love her yellow-ish head.  

    Interspecies Hybrid Details

     

    Ultramel (no aka)
    Most Commonly Used Name: Ultramel
    Mode of Genetic Inheritance:     Codominant with Amel, but recessive to Wild-type
    Morph Type: Hybrid Codominant
    Eye Color:  Dark Red pupil & body ground colored iris


    Note:  Ultramel is the visual heterozygote of the the mutation, Ultra.

    INTERSPECIES  HYBRID
    The founder (discoverer) of the Ultra mutation states that he originally paired a gray rat snake with a corn snake, in the discovery of this mutation.  By the time most of us were made aware of the HYBRID origins of Ultra types (originally named Ultra Hypos), we had already bred it into many other corn snake mutations.  It was therefore collectively decided that in so much as it would be virtually impossible to track down (and eliminate) each and every snake possessing a form of the Ultra gene (surely thousands of individuals in the collections of hundreds of breeders and keepers), the mutation would be treated like other pure corns.  In so much as it generally did not alter the corn snake pattern, some breeders could be unaware they had it, while some could avoid mentioning it, if they did know.  Those of you out there who are boycotting HYBRID corns are advised to avoid acquisition of suspicious-looking corns with the word ULTRA in the morph description. Likewise, purists who admirably endeavor to promote only the genetically purest of corns are urged to question corns that have suspiciously abnormal features that are historically regarded as hybrid markers.  Not that all such markers are proof of alien origins. Especially because of the difficulty and expense of formulating a DNA base line for all North American colubrid snake species, and in the absence of expensive DNA testing to identify the authenticity of pure corns, without obvious visual and/or genetic distinctions, identification of legitimately pure (orimpure) corns is difficult at this time, if not completely impossible.

    Ultramel corns are what we call the Visual Het version of the Ultra Mutation.  Virtually all heterozygotes of mutations that are recessive to Wild-type are indiscernable, when compared to their non-Het siblings.  At SMR, we seldom offer the homozygous version of the Ultra mutation because there is a subtle and often indistinguishable difference between the Homo (Ultra) and Het (Ultramel) versions. Genetically speaking, Ultras are the powerhouse genetic version of this mutation in so much as when you breed one to any Amel corn snake, 100% of the progeny will be Ultramels.  Breeding Ultramels to Amels results in approximately 50% Ultramels and approximately 50% Amels.  Generally, Ultramels are more colorful than Ultras, but there are exceptions in both directions.  Breeding an Ultra type to any non-Amel corn will result in NO Ultra types, since Ultra is recessive to Wild-type.

    Other than appearance, the primary (and inherent) value of Ultra Type Corns (Ultras and Ultramels and their color and pattern compounds) is their mode of genetic inheritance.  Since they are co-dominant to Amelanistics, pairing any Ultra type to ANY Amel corn (or Het thereof) will render some Ultra types in the F1 (first generation) of out-crossing to non-Ultra type corns.  The results of pairing an Ultra-type with a non-Amel corn (or Het thereof) will render Mendelian results that parallel recessively-inherited mutations; no Ultra-types will result, and all progeny will be Het for Ultra when bred to non-Amels.

    This is one of the few corn snake morphs that you should not purchase based on a pictorial example.  This is because of the extreme diversity of appearance within the mutation/morph.  I could easily make this statement about most corn snake mutants, but the reason I do so here is because the real value of this mutation is its’ mode of inheritance.  Few corn snake mutations are inherited in dominant fashion, so the primary reason most snake lovers purchase Ultras or Ultramels is because when they breed one to any snake with a form of classic amelanism, approximately 50% of the F1 broods will be Ultra-type mutants (or approximately 25% – in the case of breeding the an Ultramel to a corn that is het for Amel and 100% if you breed an Ultra to an Amel type). I think you will be amply satisfied with any phenotype you receive from an Ultra type, but should you choose to buy one based on the sample picture on any web site, you may be disappointed if yours does not mature to be exactly like the one that inticed you to purchase.

    Both Ultras and Ultramels render some of the most extreme examples of hypomelanism in corns, but a hypo-type phenotype is the genetic and visual function we recognize.  Some people call them Ultra or Ultramel Hypos, but I prefer to leave off the “hypo” since the chromosomal location of this mutation is the same as Amel (Ultra and Amel reside on the same locus of the chromosome) and therefore has nothing genetically to do with the Hypo gene locus.  Also, the hobby vernacular for the double mutant that is homozygous for both Hypo A and Ultramel would be Ultramel Hypo.  Upon hearing/reading these two words together, you would surely presume that the snake Ultramel Hypo is a double mutant.  Hence, those two words together are incorrect and confusing — when describing the single mutant genotypes, Ultramel or Ultra.  When you breed an Ultra type to any corn that is not Amel (or Het Amel), this mutation genetically behaves like a recessive.  Example:  Pairing an Ultra with an Amel results in 100% Ultramel progeny.  Pairing an Ultramel with an Amel results in progeny consisting of approximately 50% Amels and approximately 50% Ultramels.  Pairing an Ultra with a wild-type (non-Amel) corn results in 100% normals (wild type) that are all het for Ultra.

    What to expect:
    Hatchlings often look like extreme Hypo mutants, but some are nearly as brightly colored as Amel corns (lacking so much overall black). Of course, the main distinction between the two is the pink/red eye pupil in Amels and the wine-colored pupil in Ultramels.  There is great variation in the degree of red in both eye pupil and pattern coloration.
     

    Important Note:
      These images are not renderings of the actual animals being offered, (except for uniquely offered snakes found in the SURPLUS section of this web site).  We do not provide pictures of individual hatchling snakes for sale, nor do we recommend that you ever choose a new pet based on an image of its neonatal form.  Corns change so dramatically from hatchling to adult, they will NEVER have the same colors or contrasts throughout maturity. While most of the snakes we produce will mature to resemble the featured adult image(s) on our web site, unlike manufactured products that are respectively clones of each other, the nature of polygenic variation results in each animal being similar but not identical to others of its morph. The snake we select for you may not mature to be identical to the pictured examples, but will be chosen based on our experience of observing which neonates will mature to properly represent their respective morph.  We take this responsibility very seriously, and therefore publish the guarantee that we will exchange your SMR snake if it does not mature to be like our advertised examples.

    Tessera 02-20-13

    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.
    FREE U.S. SHIPPING for each Snake-of-the-Day.

    DAY022013

    Details

    {simpleproduct:id=499}

    ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Wed., Feb. 20, 2013)

     
    #022013
    Tessera from Tessera parents
    Female
    d.o.h. 2010
    34″ long on Feb. 20, 2013
    $475.00 shipped
    This 34″ long female Tessera is from a Tessera to Tessera pairing.  Therefore, it is possible that she could be a homozygote (aka: Super-Form).  When Super-Form Tesseras are bred to ANY other corn snake, 100% of the progeny will be Tesseras (plus whatever other mutations they commonly share but hide).  This one is 50% possibly het for Amel and Caramel.  She was brumated from November 4th last year to February 15, 2013.  She is currently eating one frozen/thawed hopper to small adult mouse each week.  

     
    More about Tessera mutants ~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
     
    Tessera (no aka)
    Most Commonly Used Name: Tessera
    Mode of Genetic Inheritance:Dominant
    MorphType: Dominant to Wild-Type
    Eye Color: BLACK pupil and ground-color matching iris
     

     

    FIRST, what makes Tesseras so expensive? Other than appearance, the primary (and inherent) value of Tessera-type Corns is their mode of inheritance.  Since they are dominant to wild type, pairing any Ultra Type that is a Visual Het to ANY corn snake (other than a Tessera-type) will render 50% Tessera mutants in the F1 (first) out-crossed generation.  The results of pairing an Tessera homozygote with ANY corn snake (other than a Tessera-type) will render 100% Tessera mutants.
     
    Anery Tesseras are virtually identical to exceptionally patterned Anery Striped Motleys in appearance, but that’s where the resemblance ends.  The remarkably consistent Striped Motley-type pattern that derives from the base mutation, Tessera, is inherited dominantly.  Hence, when you breed a Anery Tessera to a Anery, both Anerys and Anery Tesseras (approximately 50/50) will comprise the F1s (First Generation Progeny).  No waiting one more generation to get pattern mutants, since Tessera is dominant to wild type. 


    What to expect:
    At this early period in the Tessera’s resume, we still don’t know what phenotypic potentials exist.  So far, the only behavior that is atypical for a corn snake mutation is that many of the non-mutant siblings of Tessera types seem to have enhanced pattern and color features.  So far, I don’t see any hybrid markers, since the collateral sibling features to which I refer are – so far – in the realm of improving existing corn snake features (i.e. some non-Tesseras have better, brighter, cleaner, and/or more consistent colors and markings).
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    History of the Tessera Mutation:
    In 2007, Graham Criglow asked KJ Lodrigue to order a 1.2 trio of Striped Motleys that were advertised on one of the popular Online Classified sites – since Graham’s job prevented him from personally receiving them at that time.  When they arrived, KJ discovered that they constituted a 2.1 reverse trio (two males and one female) instead of the advertised 1.2 trio (one male and two females).  KJ and Kasi recommended that Graham gift the extra male to me, and that’s what Graham did.  Profound thanks to Graham, KJ, and Kasi for that gracious and fortuitous gift.  In 2008, both the Lodrigues and I independently bred our males (Graham’s and mine) to novel (unrelated) corns. I produced about 24 TESSERAS (so named by the Lodrigues for the tessellated lateral markings) from over 50 fertile eggs, but since the Lodrigues were in the middle of a career move to another State, they were less fortunate, producing just four non-mutant Okeetee-looking corns.  My Tesseras were produced by the pairing of the male Tessera to three novel female corns (two F1 Locality Okeetees from Chip Bridges Rhett Butler Line and one Okeetee-ish female, Het for Stripe and Amel).  Imagine my surprise in seeing what we thought were nearly flawless Striped Motleys from three different females, only one of which was Het for a recessive pattern mutation?  After the first brood of 50% Tesseras hatched from the female that was het for Stripe and Amel, except for the perfection of pattern, I was not thinking new dominant mutation, but when both wild-type Okeetees produced the same results, it was obvious that a new mutation was discovered.

    Upon receiving the reverse trio from the seller, we all commented on the mutual peculiarity of the phenotypes.  Most appeared to be the most perfectly Striped Motleys ever seen – in so much as their dorsal stripes were nearly contiguous from neck to tail tip (something never before seen in any corn snake pattern mutant) – but that was hardly possible if the admission of the breeder were true – that they were products of pairing a Striped corn with an Okeetee corn.  How could these descendants of a Striped corn bred to an Okeetee be Motley types, instead of Striped?  It is still unclear if those 2.1 Tesseras were F1s (first familial generation) or F2s (the originator of this line is now out of the hobby and difficult to reach – for clarification).  If these three Tesseras are F1s, my deduction is that the striped corn he used in the original pairing was actually Striped AND Tessera.  Even if those three were F2s, the likelihood of the mutant patriarch being a Striped Tessera is strong.

    In the 100+ Tessera mutants produced by me as of Fall, 2010, I’m seeing the following features:
    The most obvious advantage of having Tesseras in your breeding inventory (aside from their inherent beauty) is that because the mutation is dominantly inherited, 50% of every brood of corns from them will be Tessera mutants. With most other corn snake mutations, one must raise all the Het F1 progeny, and won’t receive any mutants until F2 reproduction (a task that can take four to six years).  In the course of adding Tessera to the myriad current patterns and colors of corns, an entirely new market is now in the making.

    Predominantly contiguous dorsal striping is the most unique feature of most Tesseras.  Even when the stripe is broken, it resumes immediately thereafter (unlike Striped and Motley mutants whose dorsal striping never resumes with any degree of renewal). Roughly 1/3 of all that have been produced so far have no stripe breaks.  Another 1/3 or so have two to four stripe breaks, and the other 1/3 can have five to 20+ stripe breaks, but those breaks are merely interruptions of the stripe.  Not unlike very good Striped Motleys, many Tesseras have an interruption of stripe at the girdle (anatomical location – polar to the cloaca), but unlike Striped and Motley mutants, the dorsal stripe almost always continues to the tail tip.  Thus far, fully striped Tesseras have been produced from parents with some-to-many dorsal stripe breaks.  Hence, broken-striped Tesseras can produce fully striped striped Tesseras, even though their stripe is broken.  Incidentally, none of the original 2.1 original Tesseras in this line have complete dorsal striping, but many of their progeny and grand progeny do.

    More than 2/3 of the Tesseras produced by me so far have atypically large amounts of black pigment in their non-ventral pattern — a feature roughly 1% of all Striped and Motley mutants have demonstrated to date.  Less than 1/4 of all Tesseras produced by me have little to no black in their markings, and these are mostly Striped Tesseras.

    te01110953-042411v
    The belly patterns are all over the charts.  A precious few have enough belly checkering to qualify them as wild-type common corns — until you flip them over to see their mutant pattern elsewhere.  About 1/3 of them have roughly 15% to 30% of the volume of checkering seen in wild-types, and about 1/3 or more have virtually no belly checkering at all.  Some of the ones with NO belly checkering have organized strings of black markings running the length of both sides of the belly, along the ventral keel.

     

    Having grafted another entire branch on the already sprawling corn snake family tree, we think the Tessera mutation will offer genetic flexibility never before possible; mainly in the realm of making Stripe and Motle

    Reverse Okeetee 02-19-13

    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.

    FREE U.S. SHIPPING for each Snake-of-the-Day.

    DAY021913sold

    {simpleproduct:id=498}

    Details

    toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Tue Feb. 19,2013)

     

     

    #021913
    Reverse Okeetee 
    Female
    d.o.h. 2009
    49″ long on Feb 19, 2013
    $250.00 shipped

    Comments:  Superior color

    This 49″ 2009 female Reverse Okeetee corn is a great breeder and produces very pure High White Reverse when bred to higher-white males.  I love the green blotch margins and some of her progeny have demonstrated those features.  Probably more than I think, but since the margins are white for up to a year after they hatch, I don’t keep enough of them to find out exactly how many of her progeny inherit that color.  

    ~~~~~~~~~~~

    Reverse Okeetee (aka: Amel Okeetee, Albino Okeetee)
    Most Commonly Used Name: Reverse Okeetee
    Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive + Selective Variation
    Morph Type: Selective variant of single recessive mutation
    Eye Color:  Red pupils

     

    Reverse Okeetees are variants of the basic Amel Mutation, so their only visual distinction from corns is their polygenetic color and pattern scheme.  Genetically speaking, Reverse Okeetees are Amel corns that have been selectively bred to promote their target look (Highly saturated blotch colors, separated from clean and unspeckled ground coloration by prominent white blotch margins). Red or orange markings are not difficult to reproduce through generational line breeding, but the quality and size of the white blotch margins is often difficult to achieve, and sometimes difficult to maintain through subsequent generations.  The degree of color purity in the orange background and red (or orange) markings have been enhanced via polygenetic traits, modified through selective promotion of only the best target phenotypes. Some will exhibit color “clutter” in these zones, but a distinction between Reverse Okeetees and most Amel corns should be a dramatic reduction in color “noise” — rendering richer colors of blotch and ground color zones.  

    What to expect:

    Reverse Okeetees are one of the few corn snake mutations that change very little between neonate and adult, so expect some deeper color saturation throughout maturity.  The often “neutrally colored” blotch margins turn bright white throughout maturity.  I don’t recall ever seeing one that was completely devoid of color litter in the pattern and ground zones, but we’re getting closer to that  with  each generation. Some of the hatchlings displaying orange markings mature to have redder markings, and some of those starting with red markings change to orange, but approximately 75% of all our red ones stay red, and about the same percentage of the orange marked ones stay orange.
     

     

     

     

    Sunglow Motley 02-18-13

    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.
    FREE U.S.  Shipping  for each Snake-of-the-Day.
     
     DAY021813

    ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Mon. Feb. 18, 2013)

    {simpleproduct:id=497} 

     
    #021813
    Motley Sunglow
    Female
    d.o.h. 2010
    49″ long on Feb. 18, 2013
    $250.00 shipped

    This 2009 Striped Sunglow Motley is 49″ long and eating frozen/thawed adult mice.  She lays over 20 fertile eggs each season.  She brumated from October 10th, 2012 to January 31st, 2013 so she will be in the mood in three to five weeks.  The Striped mutation in this snake is barely visible in this specimen, but you should get some striped mutants when breeding this female to a Striped mutant. 

     

     

     

     
    Sunglow Motley (aka: Sun Motley)
     
    Most Commonly Used Name: Sunglow Motley
    Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive + Selective Variant
    Morph Type: Selective Variant of Recessive Compound (Amel + Motley)
    Eye Color: Red pupil
     

    Many generations were spent in refining the beauty of the Sunglow Motley.  Their genetic mutation is officially Amel Motley, but they have been selectively bred toward the goal of deeply saturated red coloration and classically orderly Motley pattern.  For years, we were helpless to explain why the colors in this line were so deeply saturated and why they were redder than other genetic lines.  In 2009, one of our friends that wondered the same and conducted breeding trials to determine what caused the intense colors.  She concludes that SMR Sunglow Motleys possess the added mutation of what is sometimes referred to as Red Mask or Red Factor.  It is allegedly inherited in dominant fashion (it is a recently discovered mutation and is still poorly understood).  Once I validate her genetic inheritance findings, the price of Sunglow Motleys will increase, since they will undoubtedly become powerful genetic tools in deepening and saturating reds in other corn snake morphs.

     

     

     

    TE080913

    Snake of The Day for FriDAY, Aug. 9, 2013
    Female Amel Tessera

    {simpleproduct:id=665}

    DAY080913

    This female Amel Tessera hatched in November of 2012.  She’s now 25″ long and eating frozen/thawed fuzzy mice. 

    She is selling for $300.00 – which includes domestic U.S. .  We ship every Mon. and Wed. for respective next-DAY delivery

     

    Caramel Motley 021413

    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.
    FREE U.S.SHIPPING for each Snake-of-the-Day.
     
     
    DAY021413
     ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Thu. Feb. 14, 2013)

    {simpleproduct:id=492}

    Details

     
    #021413
    Caramel Motley Het Ultra
    Female
    d.o.h. 2008
    52″ long on Feb. 13, 2013
    $225.00 shipped
     
    This 52″ long 2008 female Caramel Motley is Het for Ultra.  She was brumated from October 10, 2012 to January 31, 2013 so she is eating every five DAYs and should be ready for breeding in a few weeks.  She is very friendly and has never attempted to bite (typical corn).  Last year, she laid 18 eggs in her first clutch and 11 in her second.