For the love, I can not figure out what kind of corn this is. At first I was thinking a normal stripe but he looks so much like a amel stripe... but he has black eyes... any one know? I picked him up at an auction.
-Ben
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Help Identify this corn for me!
cornball252
Apr 22, 2010 10:10 AM
Replies (8)
KevinM
Apr 22, 2010 12:55 PM
The dark eyes indicate normal, possibly hypo. Not sure how you would tell normal from hypo as the striped gene removes belly pattern and lightens up the coloration as well if not mistaken. A striped amel will have the typical red amel eyes, not dark eyes.
Good luck with the ID!
KevinM
Shiari
Apr 22, 2010 01:32 PM
Either a normal or hypo stripe. Stripe tends to remove most, if not all, black from the pattern so the eyes are key. No amel has black pupils.
To figure out if your snake is normal vs hypo breed it to a known hypo animal like a ghost or phantom.
draybar
Apr 22, 2010 05:02 PM
>>Either a normal or hypo stripe. Stripe tends to remove most, if not all, black from the pattern so the eyes are key. No amel has black pupils.
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>>To figure out if your snake is normal vs hypo breed it to a known hypo animal like a ghost or phantom.
I'm going to go with normal stripe
just not quite the right color for hypo stripe
could be wrong
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JYohe
Apr 22, 2010 05:55 PM
yea...looks like my normal stripes too......
.............good luck!
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mrkent
Apr 22, 2010 09:06 PM
Looks alot like my hypo stripe female.
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cornball252
Apr 24, 2010 01:32 PM
Yea we know he isnt a amel... I didnt even consider it to be hypo. but now that i see yours... they look identical...
DMong
Apr 24, 2010 03:24 PM
As other's have already mentioned, it is quite impossible to say one way or the other if it is indeed hypomelanistic or not. The only way to know for sure either way is to test breed it when it matures to a known hypo, or other known multiple homozygous form that involves hypomelanism in its phenotype.
In any case, it is definitely one of the two.
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donsoderberg
Apr 30, 2010 12:59 AM
It appears to be too dark to be a hypo, but you can put an end to the guessing by laying the next soughed skin on a white piece of paper. If you see no markings, it's a hypo A. If you see outlines of the striping, it's a striped corn.
Good luck
Don
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