Snake of the Day 03-31-16

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This recently acquired Thai Red Mountain Ratsnake (Oreocryptophis porphyraceus coxi) is a typical representative of its species.  Thank you, Cindy, for this amazing snake.  He has the most unusually inquisitive and human-tolerant demeanor.  I’m having a ball just handling him.   Bonus pic 

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Same snake in different pose and light.  

 

Snake of the Day 03-30-16a

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A face only a mother (or avid snake admirer) could love, this Scaleless Hypo A & Sunkissed corn demonstrates the typically random and sparse exhibition of scales that are small, irregular, and atypical compared to the classic scales of non-mutant corn snakes. What you are seeing in this snake is what lies below the upper epidermal SCALE layer of a corn snake.     

Snake of the Day 03-30-16

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This Scaleless Hypo A & Sunkissed corn demonstrates the typically random and sparse exhibition of scales that are small, irregular, and atypical compared to the classic scales of scaled snakes. What you are seeing in this snake is the color and pattern that lies below the upper epidermal SCALE layer of a corn snake.   Fortunately, many of the scale aggregations are in fundamental body locations.  In most Scaleless Corns all/most of their ventrum (belly) is covered with virtually normal ventral scales.  Likewise, many Scaleless Corns have fringe scale placement at the edges of their mouth.  ALL Scaleless corns in the hobby toDAY (including scaled corns that are carriers of the Scale-less mutation) 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.  Bonus pic 

Snake of the Day 03-27-16

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A 2015 Super Sunglow Motley (aka: Super Sun Motley).  Called SUPER because it’s a homozygote of the Red Factor (aka: RF) gene mutation, possessing both of the paired gene copies necessary to demonstrate maximum expression of the RF mutation gene.  The three gene mutations involved in this morph are, Amel, Motley, and RF.  In addition to mutations, the final genetic impact is polygenetic in origin (interactions between classic genes of this species).  BTW, saturation of the red coloration will continue to intensify throughout ontogeny (maturity), so this snake will be much redder a year from now, and should continue to redden thereafter.

Snake of the Day 03-25-16

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2015 aberrant Scaleless Caramel Corn Snake.   ALL Scaleless and Het Scaleless corn snakes in the hobby toDAY derived from the union of a Corn Snake to an Emory’s Rat Snake, so they are all inter-species hybrids.