Snake of the Day 12-25-13e

Update on the pair of Striped Sunkissed corns we produced this past summer.  They are staying on color and pattern course so far.  I’ll post an update again in a few months.  

Snake of the Day 12-28-13

I set out to produce Blizzard Tesseras by breeding a Tessera to a Blizzard with lots of yellow, so as to ensure that the Tessera pattern could be seen.

Snake of the Day 12-24-13

Sold to me as a hatchling Hypo Pied-sided bloodred two years ago, this coming season I’ll find out if this is actually a dark Hypo or not a Hypo mutant at all.  Not that is matters, right? 

Snake of the Day 12-23-13

As with most corn snakes these DAYs, it’s what’s inside that counts.  The parents of this Ghost are a Hypo Lavender and a Salmon Snow.

Snake of the Day 12-22-13c

Comparison of an Anery Tessera (bottom) and a Charcoal Tessera (top).  Except for their eyes, they looked virtually identical until a few months ago when the Anery started exhibiting carotenoid yellow that is retained from diet.