Banded Candy Cane

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Banded Candy Cane (no aka)
Most Commonly Used Name: Banded Candy Cane
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive + Selective Variation
Morph Type: Selective variant of the single recessive mutation, Amel
Eye Color: Red pupil


Candy Cane mutants are selective variants of the basic Amel mutation that have been selectively reproduced by promote the target look (red or orange bands on a white background). The Banded Candy Cane takes the basic Candy Cane morph to the next logical level; banded (like their holiDAY candy namesake).


What to expect:
Our Banded Candy Canes always have obvious elongation of markings, essentially changing the dorsal blotches to saddle-like markings that render some degree of an obvious banded appearance.  As neonates, our Candy Canes have red or orange markings on a white background, but with maturity, the first third (or more) of the body’s ground color zone changes from white to soft red or orange.  It does not detract from the overall candy cane look, but this anterior ground color area will never be as white as the ground color zone seen in the last half (or more) of the snake.

Important Note:
The advertising images on our web site are representations of the average adult example of each morph.  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 its neonatal 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.