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I don't see any threads about this snake on here. Do you folks know about this animal already?? It is a piebald or lucy corn from South Carolina. There are some real nice pics up already else where but I didn't see any threads about here. Pretty exciting stuff...

Jason

Jason,

That's the craziest corn snake I've ever seen (and I mean that in a good way). The only drawback is that I'd reckon it would be a "dead end" just like lucy Texas Rats are. In the case of Texas Rats, they're either all white or they're normal.

That corn has a bit of color showing through, so I suppose you could make ghost, hypo, amel, etc. versions of it, but they wouldn't be that dramatic, since so little color shows.

If you haven't seen the new pics of that snake, there are some that have been posted in the last 24 hours.

Tim

....that is the craziest corn snake I have ever seen as well! It will be interesting to see the genetics worked out and see where it goes from there.

Thanks again.

Rob

Yes,....that "calico" leucistic corn is just PHENOMENAL!!

I loved the comment about it being a released/escaped captive!..LOL!, especially when there are ZERO known specimens, and it was captured out in the wilderness where there wasn't a single farmhouse for miles. The guy mentioning that a similar one was killed by a farm worker in the same area sounds pretty crazy,......but anything is possible, especially being nocturnal. Owls however, wouldn't have much of a problem locating one at night though.

In any case, as Bill Love also said,...that is sure to blow the cornsnake community away!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

....apparently I am internet challenged (I knew this already) and I am unable to locate this animal. Can someone point me in the right direction? Feel free to shoot me an e-mail if posting something would violate TOS. Thanks.

Rob

>>....could someone e-mail me the link.
I guess I got here late and the link had already been deleted.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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crazy cool!!! I think calico or piebald might be a better description, although the eyes point lucy, it will be interesting if it proves to be like pied ball python with varying abounts of colored scale patches in offspring, in this case a little more color spots wound be better to add other morphs colors to it, although I was imagining it with yellow from butter or black from anery, or pink/purple speckled wow!!! That is an exciting find.
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Jeff Benfer

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Yeah, "back in the day" I visited Tim Rainwater when he had a "Calico Piebald." The snake started out looking normal, but then developed white over time. The genetics were weak in that snake and there's no Calico Piebalds around from that line (over ten years ago).

It will be interesting to see if this snakes genetics will work the same way - though it will take some time to see.

Tim