Still undetermined is the inheritance of the Java Morph. Here is an F1 generation product of pairing a Java with a Kastanie. The Java morph could end up being a variant of the Kastanie mutation, a new mutation, or perhaps nothing more than a wild-type variant. One more generation may shed light on the subject, but when mutations are inherently so much like wild-type corns, it’s often difficult to discern their heritability.
This snake demonstrates more than one point of interest. 1. Such connected markings (mismarks) as seen in several places are common among most captive Okeetees and I’ve even seen it in wild-caught Okeetees. Perhaps more than half of all Okeetees in captivity exhibit at least one such mismark. 2. This one is, of course, a Banded Okeetee, but also 3. demonstrates the ventro-lateral carotenoid yellow that is most obvious in virtually all Anery-type corns. They show none of such yellow as neonates, but exhibit the yellow increasingly through maturity, never ceasing to increase yellow volume for the remainder of their lives, since it is the result of retained corotenoids in their diet.
A low-white Pied-sided Bloodred to be sure, but this one’s also Ultramel. Therefore, when bred to a Fire she will infuse the P/S gene mutation into that line. Bred to a P/S Bloodred Het for Amel (therefore het for Fire), she should yield some P/S Fires since the Ultramel genotype is co-dominant to Amel. Like all Ultra types (including Ultramels) she is an inter-species hybrid from Gray Rat Snake origins.
Adult Charcoal Okeetee corn snake from our Banded Charcoal Okeetee line. Note how much more carotenoid yellow this one has than the one on the next page (via read more).
Adult Salmon Snow corn snake.
2013 hatchling Corns; Amel Buf and common Buf. The Amel Buf may fade a little, but the common Buf mutant will get much more gold with maturity.
Comparison of a typical scaled Anery corn and a scale-less Anery. Both are 2013 hatchlings.
German Line Kastanie corn snake.
Left-to-right, Salmon Snow and Hurricane Snow Motley corn snakes.
With all the unNatural colors and patterns in the hobby, we sometimes overlook the innate beauty of Natural morphs like this excessively red Extreme Okeetee.
