Snake of the Day 09-11-13

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Our Lava Terrazzo corns are F2s of wild-caught Boyd-Line Terrazzos and have no other Terrazzo blood in them.  These generally have less pattern and more of the signature Boyd-Line Terrazzo colors (generally more tan than the JMG-Line Terrazzos).  Terrazzos were originally called Granite corns for their predominant pattern-less, freckled look, but that name was jacked to label Anery Bloodred (aka: Diffused Anery) mutants over a decade ago when forum participants decided the name Granite was more appropriate for the blacker Bloodred (Diffused) Anery mutants.  The non-Lava forms of these Terrazzos have a distinctly granite appearance, since most of this line has very little striped markings.  Breeding a Boyd-Line Terrazzo to Striped mutants will render no striped progeny (unless respective Terrazzos have one gene copy of the classic Striped mutation).  BTW, being a representative of an insular corn snake race, this snake demonstrates the typically slender body conformation that is classic for Rosy Rat (Key Corn) types, relative to the stockier mainland races of corn snakes.