Snake of the Day 06-24-14

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2014 Terrazzo corn snake.  Terrazzos are mutants, but they are not the original Striped mutant.  Loooooooong story . . . . . . . and Bonus Pic . . . 

Snake of the Day 06-23-14

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Most of us wouldn’t expect a Banded Blizzard to be anything but white on white, but if you start the project with what the industry toDAY considers an INFERIOR  Blizzard (one displaying too much carotenoid yellow) the result can be interesting.   Bonus Pic . . . 

Snake of the Day 06-22-14

Show & $ell (thanks, Amber)

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FOR SALE, a 2013 female Tessera corn snake.  She is 26″ long, eating frozen/thawed large fuzzy mice.  Her $325.00 usd price includes  She is possibly Het Amel since her father is a Buf corn het for Amel, but if I’m mistaken about not calling her a Buf–and that yellow striping indicates that she IS a lazily-colored Buf–don’t pass up this opportunity to score a double-dominant mutant.    Bonus Pic . . . 

Snake of the Day 06-21-14

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2013 Extreme Reverse Okeetee Corn Snake.  The adjective EXTREME is perhaps considered by some to be over-used in our hobby, but when we produce examples that are extreme for their morph/mutation and we’re able to reliably reproduce such distinction, EXTREME seems to convey a mental expectation appropriate to this variant of the basic Reverse Okeetee morph.  

Bonus Pic . . . 

Snake of the Day 06-20-14

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2013 Zagtec Amel Corn Snake.  The name, Zagtec (coined by KJ and Kasi Lodrigue) generally derives from the visualization of two pattern variation terms, Zig Zag and Aztec.  However, the actual pattern has nothing to do with the combination of those two polygenetic pattern renderings.  These are simply selectively-bred for this phenotype.  Perhaps Zagtec is more of a way of saying, “it’s neither ZigZag OR Aztec”?

Bonus Pic . . . 

Snake of the Day 06-19-14

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2013 Sunkissed Anery Corn Snake (thank you, PJ Coombs and Tara Smith).  Watching this snake slowly exhibit more and more yellow as it matures (an inordinate amount of it at such a tender age), I’m sure that the extreme volume of yellow on his father, Nigel, is Carotenoid in origin.  The reason why they develope so much of it so rapidly (compared to most corn snake Anery mutants) is not clear, but what DOES the Sunkissed mutation genetically do that is typically CORN?  Also, most carotenoid yellow is relegated to ventro-lateral body zones, and seldom so much of it inside saddle zones as we are seeing here.   Bonus Pics . . .

Snake of the Day 06-18-14

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2013 Striped Honey Corn Snake.  No, those white patches are not the result of genetics.  Don is lucky to still have this snake after it escaped, ending up in a window AC.

Snake of the Day 06-16-14

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2013 Extreme Okeetee Tessera.  Mostly, the difference between a classic Tesseara and this Extreme example is the volume of black demonstrated here.  Some have even more black.  Like this one . . .   Bonus Pic . . .