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Lavender

Lavender (no aka)
Most Commonly Used Name: Lavender
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive
Morph Type: Single Recessive Mutation
Eye Color:  Red pupil & body ground colored iris (see details below about some having black pupils)

 

There are several distinct features among Lavender mutants of any variety. One baffling characteristic common in the Lavender mutation is that most of them have eye pupils that are some shade of pink – virtually identical to most albino (Amel) corn snakes.  Nobody yet knows why but some have black pupils.  Another feature in most Lavender corns is that virtually all of them hatch smaller in size than any other corn snake mutation.  What they lack in hatchling size they make up for in appetite.  Not so much that they are ravenous feeders (they actually ARE), but collectively relative to all other corn snake mutations, Lavenders statistically favor pinky mice more than any other corns we produce.  Our adult Lavender types are essentially the same size as other corn snake morphs, even though they start out so tiny. Many lavenders resemble Ghost corn snakes, as babies and adults.

 

What to expect:
Most hatchlings are some shade of pale lavender or gray, and as detailed above, they are the tiniest hatchlings in the corn snake hobby.  Some have peach tones between markings, while some have pale and are lacking in contrast between markings and ground color zones.  Through maturity, most will keep their basic neonate coloration, but unlike most corns whose colors become more saturated with age, Lavender types almost always lost color saturation through maturity.  It is difficult to discern between basic lavenders and Hypo Lavenders, since there is a distinct lack of melanin in both.  Most have red pupils, but for genetic reasons we don’t yet understand, some have black pupils.  I’ve seen other morphs that were virtually identical to most adult lavenders, so distinguishing between them is not easy without a genetic family history.  Unless Lavenders are bi-colored (having a peach or coral ground color between dorsal markings), they are highly variable in color.  Expect everything from pale gray to lavender. 

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.

Hypo Bloodred

Hypo Bloodred (aka: Hypo Blood, Diffused Hypo)
Most Commonly Used Name: Hypo Bloodred
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive
Morph Type: Mutation Compound (Hypo + Bloodred)
Eye Color: Black pupil & body ground colored iris (some can be so hypomelanistic, their pupils can be gray to dark red).

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

This compound morph results from combining the color mutation, Hypo with the pattern mutation, Bloodred.  As with most morph compounds that include Bloodred, the Hypo bloodred mutation‘s color effect is greatly diffused (markings often barely visible), but unlike the red eyes on the Fire Corn, the pupils of most Hypo Bloods are black.  Occasionally, one will have reddish-black pupils, but unless red in the pupil is being seen under strong light, pupils are almost always black.  Except for some of the color and pattern variants of this mutation compound, some Hypo Bloods have such diminished melanin that they are indistinguishable from Fire Corns (except for eye color).


What to expect:
Many Hypo Bloodred hatchlings look like little more than regular Bloodred Corns, but their overall coloration is more pale – in the dramatic reduction of melanin. Compared to the red of the Fire Corn, most Hypo Bloodreds are more orange.  In time, we should be able to infuse more red via polygenetics and/or the red mask mutation.  Adults should have a softer look than their classic Bloodred counterparts – due in part to the overall reduction of melanin. 

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.

Rosy Bloodred

Diffuse Rosy (aka: Rosy Bloodred, Rosy Blood, Diffused Kastanie)
Most Commonly Used Name: Rosy Bloodred (pending genetic verification)
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive
Mutation Compound (?Kastanie?) + Diffuse)
Eye Color: Black pupil & body ground colored iris

 

Since I began breeding this morph in 1999 when I received a group of them from Adam Sweetman in Kansas, they have been a genetic mystery to me.  Upon seeing the first one, I recall the inescapable reality that it was a color variant of the mutation, Diffused.  Learning that the first ones were produced from pairing two wild-caught Key Corns (aka: Rosy Rat Snakes), I reasoned that they were Diffuse Pattern Mutants that owed their atypical coloration to the Diffused corn’s classic alteration of overall tan coloration.  But what are the odds that Diffuse mutants were slithering around on a Southern Florida Key?  I began breeding trials to discern if they were actually Diffuse mutants, and in two separate breedings of these snakes to novel Diffuses, the progeny proportions demonstrated that indeed Diffuse was responsible for the pattern portion of this Morph.  Inexplicable was the odd – but beautiful – orange and orange/red overtones.  And many of the first ones I bred had solid red bellies with little or no white pattern zones (highly atypical in Diffused corns).  Were these really Diffuses or mimic non-mutants? BTW, it is probably obvious why I called them Rosy Bloodreds.  They appeared to be Bloodreds (new name: Diffused) and were the progeny of two wild-caught Rosy Rats. 

Except for the brief breeding trials to only two novel Bloodreds, I saw no reason to alter the appearance of Diffused Rosies, so I didn’t out-cross to mutants or non-mutants of any kind until 2005.  In 2005, I bred a Snow Corn to one and got the typically atypical F1 progeny we see with out-crossed Bloodreds.  Many of the F1 babies exhibited partial Diffused markings, and most also had the orange or orange/red overtones.  When I finally paired two of the F1 out-crosses, I received non-color mutants in addition to the mutations; Snow, Anery, Amel, and among those, some were Diffuse pattern mutants (as expected).  Upon showing those F2s to several Corn Snake breeders in Germany (one of whom was Frank Schuab – the discoverer of the recessively-inherited Kastanie Mutation), they commented that the non pattern mutant F2 neonates were respectively identical to neonatal Kastanies and their color compounds, Mandarin (Amel Kastanie).  In 2010, I paired one of the SMR non-pattern mutants to a German Kastanie and there were only two progeny phenotypes, Kastanie-like and Mandarin-like.  Upon reviewing pictures of these F2 neonates, the same three Germany Corn Snake breeders collectively agree that with some expected color exceptions, they APPEARED to be Kastanie Mutants.  In 2010, I sent a few of those to Germany for independent breeding trials with known German Kastanies.  I will not officially declare that the SMR Diffused Rosies (aka: Rosy Bloodreds) are actually Kastanie Diffused Corns until subsequent breeding trial results are reviewed in 2012 or 2013.

I digress . . .
I have been breeding Bloodred corns to Rosy Rats (aka: Key Corns) for many years.  In virtually every such breeding project, almost all out-crossed F1 progeny were identical to the results you’d get from pairing two Bloodreds.  In other words, the diffusion seen in good Bloodreds through maturity, the atypically corn snake head patterns, the greatly reduced black everywhere on the snake throughout maturity, and the un-checkered belly were demonstrated in virtually all those F1s.  One can’t help but wonder if there is a relationship between the Diffused mutation and most Rosy Rats (Key Corns).  I say ‘most’ Rosy Rats because, just like Diffused corns, not all will have the same degree of mutant traits (atypical corn snake head markings, reduced black, un-checkered bellies, and diffusion throughout maturity).  This is precisely what is seen in Diffused corns.  Some can pass for Bloodreds, some have various degrees of one/some of the other visual features of Diffused corns, and some will have virtually none of the Diffused mutant traits.  I am proposing that it is possible that some races of Rosy Rats (Key Corns) are actually Diffused mutants, or vice-versa. The old saying, “If it walks, quacks, and looks like a duck, it is probably a duck” may well apply here.  If pairing two Diffused corns yields the exact same results as pairing two good Rosy Rats (Key Corns), OR pairing a Rosy Rat with a Diffused corn, does it not follow that whatever causes this means they are the same genotype?
Logical reflections: I am not implying that there is a genetic relationship between Kastanie mutants and Rosy Rats (Key Corns).  I imply that the testimony of several German corn snake breeders that are experienced in reproducing Kastanies – saying the pictures of my non-Bloodred Rosy bloodreds APPEAR to portray Kastanie mutants – begs the possibility that Rosy Bloodreds owe their color to the Kastanie mutation, but the other traits may not be what we recognize as Diffused mutant traits.  If this turns out to be a reality (that Kastanies and Rosy Bloodreds are the same color mutation), it begs the rationale that if finding a new mutation in the wild is statistically in the realm of one in many hundreds of thousands, finding a novel double mutant in the wild is surely statistically closer to one in a billion (a virtual impossibility).  It seems to make more sense that the mutants we thought were both Kastanie and Diffused (two distinct and unrelated mutations) were more likely single recessive Kastanie mutants with the “polygenic” traits of Rosy Rats (Key Corns) and all associative Bloodred-like refinements.
I submit that Rosy Rats (Key Corns) have the same trait standard as Diffused Corns.

What to expect:
Hatchling Rosy Bloodreds (?Kastanie Bloodreds?) have overall gold and/or mahogany coloration.  Through maturity, colors intensify and patterns diffuses.  Otherwise, the pictures posted here accurately represent the appearance of our typical adults.

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.

2009 blood OS

This 2009 female Old School Bloodred is also possibly het Amel.  Currently 42″ long, she should be ready for Spring, 2013 breeding.  She is eating frozen/thawed, medium to large adult mice.  Dollar Bill in photo for color comparison.

Ultramel Bloodred

Ultramel Bloodred (aka: Diffused Ultramel)
Most Commonly Used Name: Ultramel Bloodred
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Codominant with Amel
Morph Type: Codominant only with Amel
Eye Color: Dark Red pupil & body ground colored iris
Note:  Ultramel is the heterozygote of the the mutation, Ultra.
See ULTRamel for an explanation of the genetic mechanics of the ULTRA codominant mutation.

INTERSPECIES  HYBRID

The founder (discoverer) of the Ultra mutation states that he originally paired a gray rat snake with a corn snake, in the discovery of this mutation.  By the time most of us were made aware of the HYBRID origins of Ultra types (originally named Ultra Hypos), we had already bred it into many other corn snake mutations.  It was therefore collectively decided that in so much as it would be virtually impossible to track down (and eliminate) each and every snake containing the Ultra gene (surely thousands of individuals in the collections of hundreds of breeders and keepers), the mutation would be treated like other pure corns.  In so much as it generally did not alter the corn snake appearance, it was known that even if peoples’ snakes had the Ultra gene mutation, they would either be unaware or could avoid mentioning it.  Those of you out there that are boycotting HYBRID corns are advised to avoid acquisition of suspicious-looking corns with the word ULTRA in the morph description. Likewise, purists that admirably endeavor to promote only the genetically purest of corns are urged to question corns that have suspiciously abnormal features that have been historically identified as hybrid markers.  Not that all such markers are proof of alien origins. Especially because of the difficulty and expense of formulating a DNA base line for all North American colubrid snake species, and in the absence of expensive DNA testing to identify authenticity of pure corns, without obvious visual and/or genetic distinctions, identification of legitimately pure (or impure) corns is difficult at this time, if not completely impossible.

Other than appearance, the primary (and inherent) value of Ultra Type Corns (Ultras and Ultramels and their color and pattern compounds) is their mode of genetic inheritance.  Since they are co-dominant to Amelanistics, pairing any Ultra Type to ANY Amel corn (or Het thereof) will render Ultra types in the F1 (first) generation of out-crossing to non-Ultra type corns.  The results of pairing an Ultra-type with a non-Amel corn (or Het thereof) will render Mendelian results that parallel recessively-inherited mutations; no Ultra-types will result and all progeny will be Het for Ultra when bred to non-Amels.


Ultramel Bloodreds are essentially a slightly darker version of the Fire (Amel Bloodred).
What to expect:
Hatchlings are very similar to Hypo Bloodreds, but their eyes are more red (vs typical black pupils) from the extreme hypomelanistic impact of the Ultra mutation).  Adults are more brightly red than their Hypo Bloodred cousins.  Next to Fire Corns, Ultramel Bloodreds are possibly the overall reddest of all corn snake morph compounds.

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

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INTERSPECIES  HYBRID  – ULTRA / ULTRAMEL

The founder (discoverer) of the Ultra mutation states that he originally paired a gray rat snake with a corn snake, in the discovery of this mutation.  By the time most of us were made aware of the HYBRID origins of Ultra types (originally named Ultra Hypos), we had already bred it into many other corn snake mutations.  It was therefore collectively decided that in so much as it would be virtually impossible to track down (and eliminate) each and every snake containing the Ultra gene (surely thousands of individuals in the collections of hundreds of breeders and keepers), the mutation would be treated like other pure corns.  In so much as it generally did not alter the corn snake appearance, it was known that even if peoples’ snakes had the Ultra gene mutation, they would either be unaware or could avoid mentioning it.  Those of you out there that are boycotting HYBRID corns are advised to avoid acquisition of suspicious-looking corns with the word ULTRA in the morph description. Likewise, purists that admirably endeavor to promote only the genetically purest of corns are urged to question corns that have suspiciously abnormal features that have been historically identified as hybrid markers.  Not that all such markers are proof of alien origins. Especially because of the difficulty and expense of formulating a DNA base line for all North American colubrid snake species, and in the absence of expensive DNA testing to identify authenticity of pure corns, without obvious visual and/or genetic distinctions, identification of legitimately pure (or impure) corns is difficult at this time, if not completely impossible.

Ultramel corns are the heterozygous (hobby abbreviation Het) products of the Ultra mutation.  At SMR, we seldom offer the homozygous version of the Ultra mutation because there is a subtle and often indistinguishable difference between the homo (Ultra) and het (Ultramel) versions. Genetically speaking, Ultras are the powerhouse genetic version of this mutation in so much as when you breed one to any Amel corn snake, 100% of the progeny will be Ultramels.  Breeding Ultramels to Amels results in approximately 50% Ultramels and approximately 50% Amels.  Generally, Ultramels are more colorful than Ultras, but there are exceptions in both directions.

Both Ultras and Ultramels render some of the most extreme examples of hypomelanism in corns, but a hypo phenotype is their genetic and visual function we recognize.  Some people call them Ultra or Ultramel Hypos, but I prefer to leave off the “hypo” since the chromosomal location of this mutation is the same as Amel (Ultra and Amel reside on the same locus of the chromosome).  Also, the hobby vernacular for the double mutant that is homozygous for both Hypo A and Ultramel would be Ultramel Hypo.  Upon hearing/reading these two words together, you would surely presume that the snake Ultramel Hypo is a double mutant.  Hence, those two words together are incorrect and confusing — when describing the single mutant, Ultramel or Ultra.  When you breed an Ultra type to a phenotype and/genotype of non-Amel, this mutation genetically behaves as a recessive.  Example:  Pairing an Ultra with an Amel results in 100% Ultramel progeny.  Pairing an Ultramel with an Amel results in progeny consisting of approximately 50% Amels and approximately 50% Ultramels.  Pairing an Ultra with a wild-type corn that is not het for Amel results in 100% normals (wild type) that are all het for Ultra.
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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 Posted on Categories Old Shop

Butter

Butter (no aka)
Most Commonly Used Name: Butter
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: recessive
Morph Type: Mutation Compound (Amel + Caramel)
Eye Color:  Red pupil


The genetic product of combining the Amel and Caramel recessive mutations render the ultimate expression of yellow in corns. Both color and pattern are variable in hue and shades, but all adults demonstrate what is left when the Amel mutation removes melanin from the Caramel mutation; YELLOW.


What to expect:
Expect  most neonates to have surprisingly low-quality yellow (compared to adults), and pattern on some may actually be brown for up to a year or longer.  I have personally never seen one retain non yellow colors throughout maturity, so be patient.  In six to 18 months, all other colors should transform to yellow. Some will demonstrate slightly obvious white blotch margins.  The base color mutation yellow is spectacular, and therefore popular in corn snake herpetoculture.


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.

Candy Cane

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

 

The SMR Candy Cane is one of the few selectively-bred Amel mutations worthy of its own morph name. Genetically speaking, Candy Canes are Amel corns that have been selectively bred to promote their target look (red or orange blotches on a white background). They owe their morph status to early corn breeders that spent generations of pairing only Amels with the best white ground color and best red (or orange) markings – to create what we toDAY call Candy Canes. Since the only mutation they possess is Amel, the obvious distinction between Candy Canes and the average Amel corn is the obvious color scheme.  Red or orange markings are not difficult to reproduce through generational line breeding, but the white background color is very difficult to achieve (and maintain through subsequent generations).  The white background and red (or orange) markings have been enhanced via the selective promotion of the target appearance.  When breeding two Candy Canes together, because they are Amel mutants, you are assured of getting 100% Amel mutants, but factoring in the variability of the interactions between genes (polygenetics) means that not necessarily all the offspring will be marketable Candy Canes.  We cull out the ones that do not satisfy our quality standards for Candy Cane color and pattern, and those are usually sold as Amel corns.


What to expect:

As neonates, all Candy Canes are shockingly red or orange on white, but with maturity, the white ground color becomes littered with a pale red or an orange blush – relegated mostly to the front part of the body.  I don’t recall ever seeing one that was completely devoid of color litter over the entire ground zones, but we’re getting closer to that  with  each generation. Some of the hatchlings displaying orange markings mature to have redder markings, and some of those starting with red markings change to orange.  About 75% of all our red ones stay red, and about the same percentage of the orange marked ones stay orange. If our High White Reverse Okeetee corns did not have such thick white borders, they would be perfect candy canes.

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.

Charcoal

Charcoal (aka: anery B, Pine Island Anery)
Most Commonly Used Name: Charcoal
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive
Morph Type: Single Recessive Mutation

Eye Color:  Black pupil & body ground colored iris


The second anerythristic-type mutation discovered in corn snakes (Anery A was the first), Charcoal corns were originally named for the origin of the first one to be discovered; Pine Island – off the Florida Coast.  Originally mis-perceived to be a variant of the Anery A mutation, the first one was bred to a Snow corn, in a presumed effort to use this new-looking anery type to alter the appearance of typical Anerys and Snows.  Subsequent generational results demonstrated that this was not an allele of the first anerythristic-type corn; Anery A.

Many of the original Charcoal corns lacked yellow.  Yellow was not common in the first generations of this morph, since early specimens apparently lacked the dietary carotenoid yellow trait/mutation common in most Anery corns.  Even toDAY, some Charcoal and Blizzard corns are devoid of yellow as adults, but in so much as that original specimen was quickly bred to a Snow corn, the carotenoid retention trait/gene is annoyingly persistent in most family lines of Charcoals and Blizzards.  Breeding trials to identify the mechanics and inheritance of the carotenoid retention trait/gene are on-going.


What to expect:

Possibly one of the most unchanging of all corns in the realm of appearance from hatchling to adult, neonates have an overall gray or bluish appearance.  Neonates often have a blush of pink or lavender around the sides of the face and neck, and some of those carry that color to adulthood.  Whether the one you get will mature to have yellow (or won’t), never expect to see yellow on neonates.  One obvious distinction between Anery and Charcoal corns (neonate or adult) is eye color.  In Anery corns, there is an obvious contrast between the iris and pupil of the eyes.  Most Charcoal corns show little or no contrast, having the same jet black pupils of Anery corns, but a much darker and sometimes equally black iris.  Throughout maturity, the eyes of both Anerys and Charcoals may change slightly, but and adults, the distinction between hatchlings remains the same.  Most of my corn snakes that are genetically both Anery and Charcoal are phenotypically Charcoal.  I’ve spoken to other breeders that say some of their double mutants more closely resembled Anery types.

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.

Creamsicle

INTERSPECIES  HYBRID !

Creamsicle (no aka)

Most Commonly Used Name:  Creamsicle

Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive corn snake Amel + Emory’s Rat Snake

Morph Type: Single recessive HYBRID Mutation

Eye Color:  Red pupil

 

 

Formerly considered an intergrade of what used to be two corn snake subspecies (Elaphe guttatus guttatus X Elaphe guttatus emoryi), Creamsicles are the final product of crossing an Emory’s Rat (aka: Great Plains Rat Snake) with an Amel corn. Since the new taxonomic classification assigns distinct species to each (Pantherophis emoryi and Pantherophis guttatus), in herpetocultural vernacular, Creamsicles are now officially considered hybrids.  ANY progeny from Creamsicles or any corn snake that has any degree of Emory’s Rat Snake in it, is considered a HYBRID.  The albinos are called Creamsicles and the non-albinos are often called Root Beers.

 

 
What to expect:
Hatchling Creamsicles are orange hybrid versions of Amel corns, so they can have any pattern you see in corn snakes.  I’ve seen Creamsicles that were yellow on yellow, some that were orange on orange, and some that were red on orange – demonstrating the polygenic variability seen in all animals.  Not unlike some hybrid snakes that can be selectively bred to eventually hide all visual traces of their alien ancestor, some Creamsicles are virtually identical to Amel corns.  Creamsicles (and Root Beers) usually have what we call Hybrid Vigor (robust size and propensities for hardy appetites and rapid growth) from being out-crossed to unrelated snakes.  We all hope that breeders will always reveal the genetic background of all their snakes, but I know people that have purchased obvious Creamsicles in pet stores and reptile expos, but were never advised of their hybrid origins.
 

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 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.

 

 

 

 

 

Fluorescent

Fluorescent (aka: Fluorescent Orange)
Most Commonly Used Name: Fluorescent
Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive + Selective Variation
Morph Type: Selective variant of single recessive mutation
Eye Color: Red pupil


Genetically speaking, Fluorescent corns are Amel corns that have been selectively bred to promote their target look (red or orange blotches on an orange background, with separating white blotch margins).  Since the only mutation they possess is Amel, the obvious distinction between Fluorescents and the average Amel corn is the distinctive color scheme. Fluorescent corns are similar to Reverse Okeetees, but differ by having more solid blotches and ground color zones, and a more shocking color contrast between white blotch margins and adjacent colors.  Many Reverse Okeetees have cluttered color zones with obvious litter of white and/or different color stippling.  Fluorescents have more saturated and un-littered color zones.  Our Fluorescent corns have less red in them, since their origins are from novel high-color Okeetees mixed with clean Amel corns, but infusion of the Red Mask Mutation is showing promising results, in the realm of altering the orange markings to be more red ones. SMR Fluorescents and Reverse Okeetees are not hybrids of any other species.

What to expect:

Neonate Fluorescent corns vary little from their adult counterparts, with the usual exception of being more color saturated at maturity.  Expect to see little color or white clutter in all color zones, and thicker white blotch borders than typical Amel corns.  Colors can vary from one specimen to another, but all have more deeply saturated oranges and less reds than their Reverse Okeetee counterparts.

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.