Criteria for an ideal okeetee:
1. Red saddles
2. Orange background
3. Thick black borders
4. Large saddles
5. Solid colors (no white or fading)
6. Bold colors (no dirty wash over the saddles)

1,2, and 5 are not enough. Those three basically equate to a 'pretty normal'.
Most of the above should be true for a pretty good okeetee. The screamers meet all 6 criteria and meet them well.
Sometimes cornsnakes of Okeetee lineage will still be labelled as okeetee, even if they're lacking in a few areas. Okeetee locality (as opposed to okeetee phase) are not required to meet any of the above critera... but need to be from the Okeetee hunt club area (or wholely decended from those snakes that were).

-Kat
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