Snake of the Day 05-15-14

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2014 Bloodred Tessera.  Interesting how it appears that the lateral red zone seen in ALL P/S (Pied-sided) Bloodred mutants partially supplanted the tessellation on this Tessera? In different words, the delineation between the red sides of P/S Bloodreds has always allowed some lateral pattern, but the checkered gray/red lower laterals on this snake will be deeply and solidly red (like most P/S Bloods),  rendering a spectacular contrast with adjacent tessellation.  

Bonus Pic . . . 

Snake of the Day 05-14-14

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Top = Snow Tessera and Blizzard Tessera

Left = Blizzard Corn and Blizzard Tessera

Right = Two Blizzard Tesseras (one may be a Striped Blizzard Tessera)

Easy to see how difficult it would be to distinguish between a Striped Blizzard Tessera and a Blizzard Tessera.    . . .

Snake of the Day 05-12-14

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2014 Sunrise Amel and Sunrise Amel Tessera.  Their name derives from how dramatically (and quickly) they change from looking this way to being predominantly red-orange Amels (parallel to the transformation of a morning sunrise).  The piercing orange color exhibition seen here will not last long. Bonus pics . . .  

Snake of the Day 05-11-14

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First, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY  to all your MOMs out there!

Some hatchling Bloodreds demonstrate such dramatic lack of lateral pattern that they are often initially misidentified as pied-sided mutants.  Ordinarily, at this age, a Bloodred like this (with so much visible lateral-white) could not be suspected of being a “white-sided” Bloodred, however, this one is from two adults that are het for Rich Hume‘s WHITE-SIDED Granite Corn Snake.   Bonus pic . . . 

Snake of the Day 05-10-14

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 2014 Pewter Tessera (Charcoal Bloodred Tessera). Some say Pewters are actually Diffused Charcoals (VS Charcoal Bloodreds), but all of ours have deeply-red Bloodred ancestors. This controversy (Bloodred vs Diffused) is apparently based on appearance.  If they look red, they call the Diffused corns Bloodred, but if they don’t have predominant red, they call them Diffused.  The distinction is silly, and begs confusion. 

Bonus Pics . . . 

Snake of the Day 05-05-14B

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This wee Striped Pewter Tessera snarfed his first pinky mouse yesterDAY.  Can’t wait to see this one fully grown.  I’m imagining a very very dark snake at maturity?    Bonus Pic . . . 

Snake of the Day 05-09-14

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2014 Palmettos and Het Palmettos.  One of the hets was perhaps accidentally ingenious (humorous contradiction) in finding a solitary place to trap moisture to help him shed in a few DAYs. Corns shed seven DAYs after they hatch (give or take a DAY).   Bonus Pic . . .