Add Anerythristic A to Ultramel and here is the result. Some are pale like ghosts and others have deep coloration like regular Anery A corns. The main visual difference is in the eyes. Neonates have a blue iris with a dark ruby pupil. Adults retain the blue iris, but the the red in the pupil is difficult to see in most lighting theatres.
The Ultra mutation (base mutation for the het form we call Ultramel) is the first co-dominant mutation that is restricted to Amel. The het form that is essentially both Ultra and Amel is called Ultramel. When Ultra and Ultramels are bred to non Amel corns, the mutation is inherited in recessive fashion.
We recommend not buying Ultramels by sight, even though most of us like corns that visually appeal to us more than those that do not. Since there is such great variety among Ultra-type mutants, regardless of the beauty (or lack thereof) of the Ultra or Ultramel you have, breeding it to virtually any amel corn will render a plethora of different looks -- of which many will outshine others.
The description for Ultra and Ultramel below also applies to the Motley version of the co-dominant-with Amel mutation, but of course, with the motley pattern mutation.
The Ultra mutation (base mutation for the het form we call Ultramel) is the first co-dominant mutation that is restricted to Amel. The het form that is essentially both Ultra and Amel is called Ultramel. When Ultra and Ultramels are bred to non Amel corns, the mutation is inherited in recessive fashion. We recommend not buying Ultramels by sight, even though most of us like corns that visually appeal to us more than those that do not. Since there is such great variety among Ultra-type mutants, regardless of the beauty (or lack thereof) of the Ultra or Ultramel you have, breeding it to virtually any amel corn will render a plethora of different looks -- of which many will outshine others.
Corn snakes make beautiful, docile pets, and are an ideal first reptile purchase. Most of our common corns are heterozygous for one or more recessive traits, so you may be in for a pleasant surprise if you breed them with other colors or patterns. If we showed you images of 100 common corn snakes, no two would be alike. They are highly variable in color and pattern.
Amelanistic corn snakes, sometimes called red albinos, are beautiful snakes that lack the black pigments of a normal corn snake. Many other colors are present (red,orange,yellow, etc.) but never expect to see black on representatives of this mutational morph. Often there appears to be black in part of the eyes of some, but it is believed to actually be the result of variable tissue density that does not reflect light visible to our eyes.
Anerythristic corn snakes lack the red pigment of the common variety, leaving a mostly black, gray, and white snake. These are the 'A' type anerythristics, which have some yellow pigmentation demonstrated in adults, but never in neonates (new hatchlings).
Combining the mutations Amel and Charcoal, the result cancels out both, rendering a mostly white corn. Some have a complete lack of yellow through maturity, but those are increasingly rare these days. Expect to see hatchlings that are two shades of white, with no yellow. However, yellow will gradually manifest as they mature - the result of retention of carotenoids in their diet. Original blizzards were usually devoid of yellow -- even through maturation -- but in all the subsequent generations of pairing charcoals and blizzards with other morphs/mutations, yellow snuck into the family tree.
Adding a "red-factor" mutation to the Fire corn lays a mask of red over the entire snake, giving it a much redder appearance than the classically red/orange fire corns (amel bloodreds). The red mask mutation is still new, but expect to see it added to many morphs in the near future.
Expect hatchling bloodreds to look much like their wild-type form, but with no head pattern or atypical head pattern. Some have all gray heads, but contrary to popular belief, gray-headed corns do not necessarily become superiorly colored examples of this morph. The belly of a bloodred should never have black, but can have red, white, or red and white patterning (not checkered like common corns).
aka: Amel Bloodred.
Possibly one of the most beautiful corn snakes there is. Fully mature specimens are virtually one color; RED! This is as close to the namesake as a corn can get, with the possible exception of the Ultramel Bloodred and the Striped and Motley Fire corns.
GRANITE is the new name given to this morph compound (aka: anery bloodred )around 2005, but many still use the old description; Anery Bloodred. Unlike the pewters, all the males in this bloodline develop an "overwash" of coral or pink throughout most of the dorsal and lateral markings, but it is rare when females demonstrate this color scheme. There are trace amounts of yellow on the throats of most adults, but don't expect to see this in the hatchlings.
Expect hatchling bloodreds to look much like their wild-type form, but with no head pattern or atypical head pattern. Some have all gray heads, but contrary to popular belief, gray-headed corns do not necessarily become superiorly colored examples of this morph. The belly of a bloodred should never have black, but can have red, white, or red and white patterning (not checkered like common corns).
Rootbeer is the trade name given to the non albino byproducts of creamsicles. Creamsicles are technically hybrids between amel corns and Emory's rat snakes (aka: Great Plains Rat Snakes) so they are not pure corn snakes.
Combining the rootbeer morph with bloodreds results in this stunning non-albino morph compound. All of the ones we're selling are heterozygous (carrying one mutation copy) for the amel morph/mutation.
The unusual coloration of the rosy bloodred is now believed to be the result of the color mutation, Kastanie (discovered in Germany by Frank Schwab). After showing pictures of the 2010 non bloodred rosy bloodred babies to Frank he believes the pictures are consistent with the basic color of the Kastanies (German for Chestnut). 2011 breeding trials should finalize the opinion of these breeders.
The base recessively inherited color mutation Caramel in concert with the recessively inherited color mutation Amel renders this beautiful corn snake. Variations in adults include (but are not limited to); dark yellow markigns on a pale yellow background and pale markings on oake ground zones. Hatchlings sometimes have brown markings on a pale yellow background, but those always mature to be yellow on yellow.
These Anerythristic type 'B' snakes are lacking the yellow color pigment usually found in all corn snakes. This morph is the starter for blizzard corns.
Here's another spin on the creamsicle theme. Colorful two tone orange on orange or orange on yellow with the wide white margins you get on most reverse Okeetees. Limited quantities of these will be available this season. Since creamsicle is not a recessive trait, we refer to hets being carriers of the amel gene. Those hets will produce animals that resemble the creamsicle model shown here when paired with corns with the same genetics.
By combining the two recessive color mutations Anery and Hypo, we get this ghostly pale looking corn. Adult males tend to show Earth Tones, while adult females are usually two shades of gray. Like Anery corns, they slowly accumulate a blush of yellow beginning on the sides of their face and extending back toward the tail.
Hypomelanistic loosely means "greatly reduced" melanin (black pigment) in terms of its' affect on the otherwise normal coloration of a corn snake. The impact of this mutation on common corns is highly variable, but most adult Hypo corns appear to be a paler version of their predominant wild-type form. The sloughed skin from Hypo corns should be primarily clear and pattern should be barely visible or not visible at all, since the melanin that is greatly reduced was positioned in the epidermal skin layer (the part that sheds off).
Adding the recessively inhereted "color" mutation Hypo A to the recessively inherited color mutation Lavender results in a corn that is usually not much more than a paler version of the Lavender corn. Like the Lavenders, these can sometimes have reddish-black pupils and some coral coloration in the background color between markings.
Lavender is a color mutation in corns with a hithly variable representation. They can vary from looking gray markings on a gray or silver background to lavender markings on a coral-colored background. Most have reddish-black eye pupils.
This has to be the most beautiful of the naturally occuring corn snake morphs. Through the selective breeding for widest black borders and richest, clean colors, this is the most striking variation of the Okeetee line.
This is the amelanistic version of the beautiful Okeetee phase corn snake. Their striking features are the intense and contrasting colors and broad white margins around the markings. THIS IS NOT A HYBRID. Our lines of reverse Okeetees are PURE corns.
The striped corn snake is the result of a simple recessively inherited mutation that replaces the typical corn snake blotched pattern with variating degrees of striping. There has never been a corn wtih this pattern mutation that was fully striped, so expect partial striping that fades from contiguous stripe to dashes and finally no pattern at all.
This is the ultimate yellow in corns so far. Not only are these animals completely yellow, but the striped gene seems to intensify the color. The lack of typical corn snake markings gives this striped snake a sleek and uniform appearance. No extra charge for females at this time.
Combining the pattern mutation Stripe with the "color" mutation Hypo A results in this beautiful recessively inherited corn snake mutant. Some are so light, except for their black eye pupil, they look like Striped Amel corns.
The Terrazzo corn is one of the newest pattern mutations to be popularized. Though they resemble the striped corn mutants, they are not genetically compatible. Preliminary evidence indicates that breeding a striped corn mutant to a Terrazzo mutant will not yield Terrazzos or Striped corns.
This morph’s name derives from its lateral markings, which are reminiscent of mosaic/tessellated pattern.
Distinguishing features:1. Striking lateral tessellated pattern that is consistent from neck to tail.2. Dramatically continuous striping, compared to all known Striped corn mutations.3. Unlike Motley types, strong presence of black retained in patterns.
4. Visually similar to Striped Motley, but Tessera is DOMINANTLY inherited; not recessively.
5. Most have checkered bellies (virtually absent in Motley types).
6. Remarkably little pattern deviation within the morph.
Long story short; in 2007, I acquired an intriguing corn snake from Graham Criglow he was mistakenly told was a Striped Okeetee. The three unusual corns Graham purchased appeared to be Striped Motley Okeetees, but the paradox was that the founding mutation was Striped; not Motley. These F2s Graham received were expected to be Striped, since they were produced from Striped x Okeetee corns. In addition, the conspicuous solid black scales in all Tesseras is remarkable, considering that even the slightest presence of black is rare (nearly unique) in Motley types. Graham gave me a male, and I immediately began breeding trials.
In 2008, I bred a male phenotype to three normal-looking females, one being het for Stripe, and two normal corns, het for no known mutations. In the first brood were Tesseras, Okeetees, Stripes, and Motleys; but no Striped Motleys. In the next two broods from two sister Okeetees having no familial mutant relatives, roughly 50% of the progeny were Tesseras, and all others were Okeetees. In 2010, we bred two Tesseras together hoping for the production of a super form, but so far, no such form has resulted. Other than appearance, all physiology is classically CORNSNAKE and at this time, no obvious (or cryptic) hybrid markers have been observed.
Besides having more solid black pattern attributes than Motley types, their dorsal striping is atypical, (compared to Striped and Motley corns) in so much as Tesseras rarity of pattern diversity and its uncharacteristic reproducibility. You never know how much striping you’ll get upon breeding Striped or Striped Motley corns, but 85+% of all Tesseras have the same general volume of striping and lateral design. With very few line breaks in all progeny so far, the dorsal stripe begins at the neck and extends back to the tail. Remarkable about this stripe is the general continuity, infrequency of breaks, and its extension to the tail TIP in most specimens. Striping in Motley-types very rarely extends to the tail, and almost never past the pelvic girdle region onto the tail. The general stripe configuration in Tesseras is like that of most Striped Motleys, but unlike the Motleys, the dorso-lateral stripes are bounded on the outer edges with a complementary black stripe - approximately the width of one scale. The width of the dorsal stripe is invariable in some, and erratic in others. Possibly the most dissimilar pattern feature (compared to Motley types) is that many of the Tesseras so far have classic corn snake belly checkering. Those that have little or no belly pattern have a brightly-colored ventro-lateral (nearly contiguous) boundary line of markings.
