Snake of the Day 08-17-16

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Pic 1 demonstrates an example of why I say the CHERRY corn is surely from a gene mutation that has some form of dominance over wild-type. I’m calling this corn a CHERRY even though it’s technically CHERRY AMEL since two gene mutations are involved, but after I have infused the CHERRY mutation into other corn types, Cherry will be described as the gene modifier it is. In different words, without knowing what impact it will have on wild-types and other mutations, it is presumed to be most obvious as a modifier/enhancer of color VS. a stand-alone gene mutation. In different words, without knowing what impact it will have on wild-types and other mutations, it is presumed to be most obvious as a modifier/enhancer of color. This adult female was bred to a Cherry corn (Pic 2), rendering at least eight Amel Tesseras, one of which is pictured here to show how much more red it has at such a tender age. All corn snakes in the hobby to date that have been genetically changed via red-modifying mutations continue saturating color until they are well into adulthood. This juvenile shows promise of being a deeply red adult Amel Tessera, one of which is pictured here to show how much more red it has at such a tender age. Pic 3 is the juvenile from the first picture, but in room lighting without flash. This is a HUGE amount of red in one generation and this snake will get much redder in the coming months. Most of the F1 homos and Visual hets are red-orange until they are about a year old (not unlike the Cayenne Fires). This hints that most (if not all) red-modifying gene mutations are similar–if not the same??  Bonus Pics . . .   

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Sire of the juvenile red-orange Tessera juvenile in the above pic. 

PIC 3 . . . 

Here is the juvenile in the first picture, but in room lighting without flash.  This is a HUGE amount of red for a one-generation (F1 )post out-cross, and this snake will get much redder in the coming months.  Most of the F1 homos and Visual hets are red-orange until they are about a year old (not unlike the Cayenne Fires).  This hints that most (if not all) red-modifying gene mutations are similar–if not the same??

Snake of the Day 08-16-16

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This 2016 male Striped Tessera emerged from his egg early on the morning of August 8th.  His mother is one of the first Tesseras we ever hatched (2007) and his father is a Butter Motley het for Sunkissed.  That sire has produced many Honey Motleys for us, so the Striped Tessera featured toDAY is het for Butter Motley and has the potential to be het for Sunkissed (therefore, het Honey).  He cannot be shipped until he has voluntarily eaten three frozen/thawed pinky mice (anticipated shipping as early as August 24th – since his family tree yields great pinky-feeders).  His $145.00 USD price includes     I don’t customarily advertise corns before they’re ready to ship, but since this is the only one with the genotype that I’ll be offering this year, I making an exception by advertising him now.

Snake of the Day 08-15-16

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Two 2016 hatchling Scaleless Butter corns and one 2016 sibling Scaleless Amel.  

note:  ALL Scaleless corns in the hobby toDAY (including SCALED corns that are carriers of the Scale-less mutation–aka Het Scaleless) are descendants of the original pairing of a Corn Snake to an Emory’s Ratsnake (aka: Great Plains Ratsnake) and are therefore technically inter-species hybrids.

Snake of the Day 08-14-16

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Since it first hatched I’ve been back and forth on the genotype of this Striped Tessera (Charcoal/Pewter/Charcoal/Pewter) but now–after a year of maturity–the absence of Bloodred belly markings forces me to identify this one as a Striped Charcoal Tessera.  Even though the grandsire was Pewter (Diffused Masque Charcoal–aka: Charcoal Bloodred), I’m officially finally declaring this one to be Striped Charcoal Tessera.   

Snake of the Day 08-13-16

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The parents of this Okeetee are a Scaleless Extreme Okeetee and a Scaled Okeetee.  These two snakes (this pic and the one below) that are Heterozygous (Het) for Scaleless have the same parents, but demonstrate both ends of a scale of their color and pattern variation potential.   

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Sister of the above female.  

Snake of the Day 08-12-16

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A beautiful 2014 Anaconda Western Hognose mutant (Heterodon nasicus).  The anaconda mutation is incompletely-dominant to wild-type.  This Anaconda is a Visual Het because it’s phenotype is not wild-type, but is also not the pattern of homozygote Anaconda Hogs (usually called Supercondas).  Don’t take the greenish coloration of this one to mean it is also a color mutant.   S

Snake of the Day 08-11-16

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The parents of this 2014 adult male Amel were both Banded Fluorescent corns, but this one didn’t inherit enough banding–and his ground color zones are too “dirty”–to call him a Fluorescent.  I’ll breed him back to a Fluorescent or a Reverse Okeetee next year to see if he has any hidden traits he’ll pass-on to his progeny? I’m hoping to at least send these red markings up his next family tree?

Snake of the Day 08-10-16

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Most Striped Bloodred corns do not have the orderly and contiguous striping seen on this one.  The general distinction between the two different striped types is that most of the others have brighter red, in the absence of so much melanin associated with individuals with such black linear striping. 

Snake of the Day 08-09-16

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A beautiful 2016 hatchling Black Pine Snake Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi  produced by Brad Chambers.  Thanks for the amazing Pits, Brad (pun intended).  They’re already eating me outta mouse and home.  🙂