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I know the "miami corns" have the gray background, but does that naming also apply to wild caught corns in S. FL?

Curious...

I'm about 99% sure YES! But just like the "okeetee", you can have a phase version and a locale version. I would imagine many corns may fit the "Miami look" with no genetics to the area.

I've also have read the term "Dade county" although I have never really paid much attention to the meaning.

I only keep a few things these days. Trying to keep up with ALL the morphs drives up my aspirin bill. But Miami is very popular. I personally like the hypo version of "Miami" called crimson. I'm not in the market lol, I just like a silvery crimson.

Hope it helped.
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Thanks for reading.
Big Tom

www.HerpZillA.com

You are correct to assume that there is much variability in cornsnakes throughout their range. Cornsnakes found in Miam/Dade can have the "textbook" look but not necessarily so. There are places in SW fL that have many that are just as "Miami" as any.
I've seen some from the panhandle FL are that are better than most of the "man-made" Miamis too. Someone had some from the Carolinas that rival the best as well. So, although the south FL area was where the snakes that were originally given the moniker "Miami phase" came from and where there is still the best chance to find a classic example, they could come from other areas for sure.
To me they should have brick red to maroon saddles surrounded by thick black borders on a gray ground color. The belly pattern is a bit more speckled w/smaller black spots and scales than most as well.
There's one of my group I posted some time back in the link below
One of my favorite phases.

:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

crimsonking.piczo.com/

Laura, I have a couple females from the upper elevations in Cherokee County Nc. The one is almost black they both have a lavender hue as well.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg168/malaki1072/ncwc2.jpg