Snake of the Day 03-12-16

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This 2015 male Zagtec Blizzard (and/or Snow) is more than you see.  These DAYs white snakes can sometimes be relatively boring, compared to their brightly colored counterparts, but if you cite the birth name of Snows and Blizzards, respectively, Amel Aneries or Amel Charcoals, this snake has the potential to reproduce several colors.  Siblings of this snake included Snows and Blizzards, so which he is (or both) I’m not inclined to declare–by sight.  Suffice it to say, her innate value in the realm of breeding is that she can reproduce Amel Zagtecs (hybrid name for ZigZag and Aztec–neither of which they truly are) this pattern is not the result of a gene mutation, but from polygenetics (interactions/variations of multiple common genes).  He is now 15″ long, eating frozen/thawed pinky mice.   His $155.00 USD price includes     

Snake of the Day 03-11-16

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This 2015 female Tessera is obviously het Cinder (via her Miami-esque color scheme), but she’s even more.  Her father is a Buttermint (Amel, Cinder, Caramel) so she is het for at least all three of those gene mutations.   Currently 18″ long, she is eating frozen/thawed pinky mice.   Her $195.00 USD price includes     

Snake of the Day 03-10-16

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2015 male Gray-banded Kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna) that is from the Granite-pattern line.  Females of this “morph” show little or no orange, emulating the namesake Granite stone, while males have more obvious orange markings, if not usually aberrant, and often chaotic?   We don’t yet know if these are gene mutations, but ongoing breeding trials will soon reveal their inheritance.  This one is owned by John Finsterwald of ColoradoCorns.com.  

Snake of the Day 03-09-16

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This Sunkissed Anery corn becomes more yellow with every shed, demonstrating that much of its yellow exhibition is the result of ontogenetic (via maturity) retention of carotenoids that are in the mice they consume.  

Snake of the Day 03-08-16

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This Striped Fire (Amel Bloodred) lacks the Red Factor (aka: RF) gene mutation, but we’re working to infuse that red-modifying gene into these beauties to render a solidly red and virtually pattern-less red corn.  

Snake of the Day 03-06-16

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This 2015 male Hypo Pied-sided Bloodred surely demonstrates the lowest expression of lateral white of any out there, but should mature to be a very handsome corn.  He is now 18″ long, eating frozen/thawed pinky mice.   His $125.00 USD price includes   

Snake of the Day 03-05-16

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This 2015 female Striped Amel corn snake is now 16″ long, eating frozen/thawed pinky mice.   Her father was a Striped Sunrise Amel so she could have inherited a copy of the Sunrise gene mutation (her neonatal deeper colors and low degree of color contrast suggests such?  Her $155.00 USD price includes    

 

 

Snake of the Day 03-04-16

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A truly supreme example of the Striped Bloodred mutation compound.  Most adults of this morph exhibit those faint “tweener” dorsal oval markings and broken striping, but fortunately, most of them diffuse so heavily through maturity that most would swear that they are essentially pattern-less.  We should be offering 2016 hatchlings this year, but there will be precious few since we have only two breeders that are this nice (this being one of them).