Actually I think Mahogany was thrown around, but not all of them do turn that way. It seems most of them turn out to have saddles that are burgundy/mahogany, but some of them just have that color at the base of the saddle scales. Almost like a Biard's Rat Snake except that it is only in the the saddle scales that this occurs. I'm still not sure if another gene is involved with the types that just get it as the base as opposed to the ones that end up with completely burgundy saddles. Only time and breeding trails will tell.
Perhaps a name that just describes "change" would be best, because they all hatch out looking like weird ghosts and then change drastically as they get older. "Meta" Morph, or "Blushing" corn, etc... But those both sound pretty corny to me.
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Carol Huddleston
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