Snake of the Day 08-02-15

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Seemingly typical Terrazzo Corns, the parents of these were a Charcoal Terrazzo and a Lava Terrazzo.  We will also be selling Terrazzos this year from pairing a Scaleless Extreme Okeetee to a Lava Terrazzo.  The Terrazzo side of these family trees are Boyd Line Terrazzos just two generations from Landrace.

Snake of the Day 07-31-15

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Anyone who has bred a Cinder-type corn to any non-Cinder knows that most (if not all) of the progeny will have a pale (hypo-esque) appearance.  These two Tesseras are the products of pairing a Miami-phase Tessera to a Buttermint (Amel Caramel Cinder).   Bonus Pic . . . 

Snake of the Day 07-30-15

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Extreme Reverse Okeetee Corn hatching.  It’s believed that the depth of color in newly-hatching snakes appears exaggerated by the magnifying effect of the gelatinous albumin that surrounds the embryo through incubation, but also because the process of the 1st separating epidermal layer has barely begun.  As soon as the albumin dries–hours after emergence from their eggs–pictures of snakes reveal that their colors are less spectacular.  We often only see those early colors again after they slough their first post-partum skin approximately seven DAYs after emergence from their egg shells.  Note the seemingly aggressive “slashing” of shells some of his siblings demonstrated when preparing to leave their eggs?  You can even see dark lines where the one emerging had sliced without fully penetrating the shell with his egg tooth.

 

Snake of the Day 07-29-15

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Another 2015 brood of Graham Criglow’s ZagTec corns (perfected by Kasi Lodgigue).  Their pattern “aberrancy” is not attributed to a gene mutation, but to polygenetics (renderings of interactions between genes).  The morph name is a combination of the morph names ZigZag and Aztec, neither of which officially denote visible pattern namesake in Zagtecs.  I guess we could say that each of those patterns that has been demonstrated in both of those polygenetic hobby morphs, little of either of which are obvious. After at least two consecutive feedings of unaltered, frozen/thawed pinkies, they will be offered for sale on our web site. 

Snake of the Day 07-26-15

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Super Coral Snow Corn Snake –DAY 4 of 4

July 23 through July 26, SMR Daily S.O.T.D. and simultaneously published Daily SMR Facebook Features will exhibit variants of some of the Coral Snow Mutant Complex.  The four primary familial representatives of this complex include, Salmons (started by Jim Stelpflug), Champagnes (started by Pasco Paul), Bubblegum Snows (not to be confused with Bubblegum Ratsnakes, hybrid production of Albino Ratsnake X Amel Cornsnake) started by the late Lloyd Lemke, and Neons (refined by Stephen Wagner via enhancement of the colors in Lloyd Lemke’s Bubblegum Snow line).  They are the only four known to be the primary lines from which virtually all modern Coral Snow Corns are variants thereof.  To my knowledge, there is only one person who can visually identify which of the four primary families of Coral Snows are exhibited in the Coral Snow types that will be exhibited from July 23rd to July 26th.  No pressure, right, Marsha Matthews of poppycorns.com

Snake of the Day 07-25-15

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Super Coral Snow Corn Snake –DAY 3 of 4

July 23 through July 26, SMR Daily S.O.T.D. and simultaneously published Daily SMR Facebook Features will exhibit variants of some of the Coral Snow Mutant Complex.  The four primary familial representatives of this complex include, Salmons (started by Jim Stelpflug), Champagnes (started by Pasco Paul), Bubblegum Snows (not to be confused with Bubblegum Ratsnakes, hybrid production of Albino Ratsnake X Amel Cornsnake) started by the late Lloyd Lemke, and Neons (refined by Stephen Wagner via enhancement of the colors in Lloyd Lemke’s Bubblegum Snow line).  They the only four known to be the primary lines from which virtually all modern Coral Snow Corns are variants thereof.  To my knowledge, there is only one person who can visually identify which of the four primary families of Coral Snows are exhibited in the Coral Snow types that will be exhibited from July 23rd to July 26th.  No pressure, right, Marsha Matthews of poppycorns.com

Snake of the Day 07-24-15

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Super Coral Snow Corn Snake –DAY 2 of 4

July 23 through July 26, SMR Daily S.O.T.D. and simultaneously published Daily SMR Facebook Features will exhibit variants of some of the Coral Snow Mutant Complex.  The four primary familial representatives of this complex include, Salmons (started by Jim Stelpflug), Champagnes (started by Pasco Paul), Bubblegum Snows (not to be confused with Bubblegum Ratsnakes, hybrid production of Albino Ratsnake X Amel Cornsnake) started by the late Lloyd Lemke, and Neons (refined by Stephen Wagner via enhancement of the colors in Lloyd Lemke’s Bubblegum Snow line).  They the only four known to be the primary lines from which virtually all modern Coral Snow Corns are variants thereof.  To my knowledge, there is only one person who can visually identify which of the four primary families of Coral Snows are exhibited in the Coral Snow types that will be exhibited from July 23rd to July 26th.  No pressure, right, Marsha Matthews of poppycorns.com?