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I was wondering if anyone had any good photos of corns as they age. I see all these pictures of baby corns like the bloods T&J posted, where the one blood looked really light. Do they color up as they get older? I also bought a lavender recently that seemed a lot darker than her parents... will she lighten up? My 7 year old amel looks the same today as the day I bought her, aside from the obvious size difference. I would love to see pics of various morphs as they age if anyone would be so kind as to share.
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6.19 BRB
10.20 BCI
1.1 Mandarin Rat Snakes
0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa
0.2 Corn Snakes
2.8 Leopard Geckos

Corn snakes are highly variable in the way they change color throughout their life. Some of this depends on the type of morph you're talking about. Corns generally gain color for ther first two to three years and then often become dull, as they seem to acquire dark pigment after that. This wouldn't be true for amel types though, as they lack dark pigment.

Tim

Third Eye

I don't have pics of all the possible ontogenic changes that occur with many of these, but as Tim mentioned, it all depends on what morph is involved. Generally speaking corns gain a large degree of reds and oranges,...and even yellow coloration as they mature. And the hatchlings of MANY types look nothing at all like the parents, or like they will later on as they age.

The bloodreds will typically get MUCH redder as they mature, and the Lavender corn you mentioned will also be less contrasting, and develop more lavender and/or pink coloration, especially to their background.

Also, it is rather common for many amels to remain remain basically unchanged, although some definitely do gain some coloration too, and again, especially depending on the certain morph combination that the amel trait involved.

These two amel snakes where actually siblings, and as you can see, they look worlds apart. The VERY orange individual on the bottom was produced almost 20 years ago, long before the term "Sunglow" was ever thought of.

~Doug

best regards, ~Doug

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

Thanks, I appreciate the comments and pics. Does anyone know about the opal? or have they not been around long enough to have older specimens around?
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7.22 BRB
10.20 BCI
1.1 Mandarin Rat Snakes
0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa
0.2 Corn Snakes
2.8 Leopard Geckos

welcome to this forum, the first pic is of an 08 fluorescent orange hatchling and the 2 nd pic is of an adult fluorescent orange, it's hard to believe that one day this hatchling will look like her uncle, fluorescent's gain more color as they age.
greg c

I personally think that some okeetees go through the most dramatic changes as they age than any other cornsnake. this is my '06 keeper at approx. one mo. and at about 1.5 yrs. Jeff

hey jeff, that is a big transformation looks like he turned out to be a keeper as he is very nice looking.
greg c