I have some really high-orange colored cornsnakes in my collection and I'm wondering if they have some blood red corn influence in their genetic makeup or are they just some pretty wild types? There are a few reasons why I suggest this. I've
included some pictures as well.

This pic shows one of my bright females and if you check her saddles and side blotches you'll see they fade away which is typical of blood red corns.

http://members.toast.net/blackswampserpents/autumn1.jpg

This 2nd pic of the same snake shows the red color "bleed" into the belly area for at least half the snake's length. A true blood red would have no belly checkers.

http://members.toast.net/blackswampserpents/autumn2.jpg

A sibling to this female is a male I also held back for breeding. Notice the same diffused saddles and blotches.

http://members.toast.net/blackswampserpents/amberflame1.jpg

A 2nd pic of that male's belly.

http://members.toast.net/blackswampserpents/amberflame2.jpg

The other thing you notice is that both snakes look hypo because of the reduced black around the saddles and over-all bright look to the snakes. However, I bred the male to a true hypo corn this past year and the offspring are all normal looking so while he has reduced black, I cannot call him hypomelanistic.

Through some past breeding trials they are both het Amel because when bred together they gave me some very bright amels along with super bright high-orange normals.

Here are two 06 hold backs: (pic attached to this post)
A stunning amel (Sunglow if you will):

http://members.toast.net/blackswampserpents/06baby1.jpg

A high-orange colored normal with diffused saddles and starting to resemble the parents:
(The other baby present is a very light colored Amel produced from a Snow to a Butter. Notice the yellow influence from the Butter.

http://members.toast.net/blackswampserpents/06baby2.jpg


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Ken Roshak
BlackSwampSerpents@toast.net

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