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ToDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Sun. 28, 2012)
#102812
Sunglow from Red Mask parent
Male
d.o.h. 2011
28″ long on October 27, 2012
$125.00 shipped
In addition to being a stunning example of the Sunglow Morph, this 28″ male from 2011 was sired by a Red Mask corn. At this time, we believe the effects of the Red Mask mutation are dominant to wild-type – in the realm of inheritance. This one already demonstrates an exaggeration of red in both the markings and ground color zones. If he did not inherit the Red Mask trait, he promises to be a shockingly beautiful adult male.
Regardless of appearance, this snake is NOT het for the Caramel Mutation!
Morph Type: Single Recessive Mutation
Eye Color: Red pupil
Sunglow corn snakes are the products of selectively breeding Amel corns toward the goal of intensifying the red/orange coloration and eliminating the white blotch borders. Most have some white scales, but are generally two shades of the Amel color theme.
What to expect:
As hatchlings, they essentially appear to be typical Amel corns, with the exception of having little or no white on the borders between blotches and ground color zones. Some Sunglow corns actually lose some of that white through maturation. While we do not guarantee the extra gene mutation, we began our Sunglow line with Hypo corns, since our Hypos have such little black margins around the markings (which of course, translated to low white volume around the blotches of the Amel mutants in the line). Expect deeply saturated orange coloration and very little (if any) white scales between markings and ground color zones.
Important Note:
These images are not renderings of the actual animals being offered, (except for uniquely offered snakes found in the SURPLUS section of this web site). We do not provide pictures of individual hatchling snakes for sale, nor do we recommend that you ever choose a new pet based on an image of itsneonatal form. Corns change so dramatically from hatchling to adult, they will NEVER have the same colors or contrasts throughout maturity. While most of the snakes we produce will mature to resemble the featured adult image(s) on our web site, unlike manufactured products that are respectively clones of each other, the nature of polygenic variation results in each animal being similar but not identical to others of its morph. The snake we select for you may not mature to be identical to the pictured examples, but will be chosen based on our experience of observing which neonates will mature to properly represent their respective morph. We take this responsibility very seriously, and therefore publish the guarantee that we will exchange your SMR snake if it does not mature to be like our advertised examples.
The U.S. Dollar bill in the picture is for size and color comparison. Every computer monitor renders different colors so we put this slightly used dollar bill in the picture so you can hold one next to your computer to assess the color of the snake.
This snake is in good health (not under or over-weight, no parasites or diseases that we are aware, no injuries or defects, and routinely feeding on unaltered frozen/thawed mice).
If we noticed that the snake listed has any temperament or behavioral issues other than being human-friendly, it will be detailed in Comments above.
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