SMR Archive

Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.

All snakes will be chosen for their rarity and/or unique beauty.

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ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Fri. April 19, 2013)

 

#041913

Rootbeer Bloodred

Female

d.o.h. 2010
34″ on April 19, 2013

$125.00 shipped

Comments:  Genetic combination of Bloodred (aka: Diffused) and the polygenetic and hybrid element of Root Beer from the Great Plains Rat Snake species, Pantherophis emoryi.

See ROOTBEER CORN for genetic origins.

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This 2010 male common corn is largely unidentified.  I recall that he is het for Caramel but because his ID label was lost in brumation last year, I don’t recall exactly what other mutations he possesses. It is inconceiveable even to me that I would keep a male common corn that was only het for Caramel, so this one is surely het for other mutations.  Were I to guess, I’d say he’s probably at least for Stripe and Bloodred and I recall breeding Pied-sided Bloodred to Butter about the time this one hatched.  Obviously, the shipped price of this one ($125.00) demonstrates my concern for not over-pricing a snake when its genetics are in question.  With shipping for a snake this size costing at least $57.00, he bears the price of a Common Corn Snake.

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All snakes will be chosen for their rarity and/or unique beauty.

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ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Sun, Nov 4, 2012)

#110412

RED Banded Reverse Okeetee

Male

d.o.h. 2011

37″ long on October 31, 2012

$300.00 shipped

This 2010 male Reverse Okeetee exhibits what is rarely seen in our hobby; banded pattern. He should make a great addition to any breeding product to produce redder Reverse Okeetees with banded triads.

Details:

Most Commonly Used Name: Reverse Okeetee

Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive + Selective Variation

Reverse Okeetee (aka: Amel Okeetee, Albino Okeetee)

Morph Type: Selective variant of single recessive mutation

Eye Color:  Red pupils

Reverse Okeetees are variants of the basic Amel Mutation, so their only visual distinction from corns is their polygenetic color and pattern scheme.  Genetically speaking, Reverse Okeetees are Amel corns that have been selectively bred to promote their target look (Highly saturated blotch colors, separated from clean and unspeckled ground coloration by prominent white blotch margins). Red or orange markings are not difficult to reproduce through generational line breeding, but the quality and size of the white blotch margins is often difficult to achieve, and sometimes difficult to maintain through subsequent generations.  The degree of color purity in the orange background and red (or orange) markings have been enhanced via polygenetic traits, modified through selective promotion of only the best target phenotypes. Some will exhibit color “clutter” in these zones, but a distinction between Reverse Okeetees and most Amel corns should be a dramatic reduction in color “noise” — rendering richer colors of blotch and ground color zones..

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ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY Fri, Nov 2, 2012)

#110212

Low-White Pied-sided Bloodred

Male

d.o.h. 2010
44″ long on October 31, 2012

$250.00 shipped

This 2010 male Low-White P/S Bloodred shows little white, but is capable of producing lows, mediums, and highs in the realm of the degree of white – when bred to other SMR Line P/S Bloodreds.  He is possibly het for the McDonald Line of P/S Bloodreds.  he’s 44″ long and eating frozen/thawed adult mice.

Go to History for more details about the DIFFUSED / BLOODRED base mutation of this compound morph.

At this time, this author suspects that P/S Bloodreds owe their atypical white lateral and facial markings to polygenetic traits versus simple recessive mutation. It is sometimes difficult to determine the inheritance of a trait or mutation when expression of the atypical feature is highly variable.  In other words, are the Bloodred siblings of P/S Bloodreds not P/S Bloodreds OR are they P/S Bloodred mutants that are at the lowest end of the 0-to-10 scale for white expression?  When proving the mode of inheritance via evaluation of Mendelian Phenotype Proportions in a single brood of snakes, visual expression is crucial.  Hence, if the expression of white in this morph can be so extremely variable, when citing the ratio of visual mutants compared to visual non mutants, the very description of inheritance can be in doubt.  I therefore honestly don’t know if P/S Bloodreds owe their distinctive pied-sided white appearance to a recessive mutation OR polygenic trait modifications.

Aside from the random lateral white feature that is obvious in most members of this morph – compared to standard Bloodreds – is the extreme diffusion – even if they don’t demonstrate any of the randomly distributed white patches on the sides.  On most – even in the absence of lateral white patches – there is an obvious line of demarcation between the dorsal and lateral pattern fields – just above the half-way point on the sides (dorso–laterally).  This stark break line between dorsal and lateral markings also begs questions about the lateral white being a mutation OR variable expression of polygenetics.

Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.

All snakes will be chosen for their rarity and/or unique beauty.

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ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY Fri, Nov 2, 2012)

#110212

Low-White Pied-sided Bloodred

Male

d.o.h. 2010
44″ long on October 31, 2012

$250.00 shipped

This 2010 male Low-White P/S Bloodred shows little white, but is capable of producing lows, mediums, and highs in the realm of the degree of white – when bred to other SMR Line P/S Bloodreds.  He is possibly het for the McDonald Line of P/S Bloodreds.  he’s 44″ long and eating frozen/thawed adult mice.

Go to History for more details about the DIFFUSED / BLOODRED base mutation of this compound morph.

At this time, this author suspects that P/S Bloodreds owe their atypical white lateral and facial markings to polygenetic traits versus simple recessive mutation. It is sometimes difficult to determine the inheritance of a trait or mutation when expression of the atypical feature is highly variable.  In other words, are the Bloodred siblings of P/S Bloodreds not P/S Bloodreds OR are they P/S Bloodred mutants that are at the lowest end of the 0-to-10 scale for white expression?  When proving the mode of inheritance via evaluation of Mendelian Phenotype Proportions in a single brood of snakes, visual expression is crucial.  Hence, if the expression of white in this morph can be so extremely variable, when citing the ratio of visual mutants compared to visual non mutants, the very description of inheritance can be in doubt.  I therefore honestly don’t know if P/S Bloodreds owe their distinctive pied-sided white appearance to a recessive mutation OR polygenic trait modifications.

Aside from the random lateral white feature that is obvious in most members of this morph – compared to standard Bloodreds – is the extreme diffusion – even if they don’t demonstrate any of the randomly distributed white patches on the sides.  On most – even in the absence of lateral white patches – there is an obvious line of demarcation between the dorsal and lateral pattern fields – just above the half-way point on the sides (dorso–laterally).  This stark break line between dorsal and lateral markings also begs questions about the lateral white being a mutation OR variable expression of polygenetics.