Snake of the Day 05-06-14

Show & Tell  

In our attempts to modify Sunglow Motley Corns for deepest coloration via selective-breeding, we strayed slightly from the orderly dorsal pattern for which Sunglow Motleys are largely famous.  This year, we are back on track with great orderly Motley pattern AND the deeper colors that make Sunglow Motleys so visually striking.  These postpartum Sun Motleys demonstrate perhaps 1/3 of the red/orange color-saturation they will exhibit as adults. They are five DAYs-old in the above image.

Snake of the Day 02-28-14

SHOW AND TELL:

Thank you, Dave Partington, for sending his beautiful Ultramel – Lavender Paradox (?or whatever?), Kate Moss to me for a breeding trial.  Chimera or Paradox, we hope to help unravel the mystery of her genetic inheritance.  Naturally, any corn snake with Ultra-type genes is a hybrid from Gray Rat Snake origins, but it will be fun to see what she can do.