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I mentioned a long while ago that one of the hatchlings I gave my dad (which I hatched from my pair of normals this summer) was maturing and forming a stripe down his back. I'd never seen anytihng like it before and it's still much more pronounced than these pictures lead on...

by the way, see if you can tell why my mom named him "skully"

lastly,

cool head pattern eh?

do you know what his parents were? or maybe grandpa was a bloodred? lol, I don't know about the stripes showing up, but he sure is pretty!
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Dianne
AKA IcedGoddess
0.1 Snow (Ruby)
1.0 Anery A (Breaden)
0.1 Amel (Edana)
0.0.7 Normal het-snow (no names yet)
1.1 Bloodred (Vlad the Impailer and Natasha)
0.1 Anery Stripe (Morticia)
1.0 Candy Cane (Kane)

1.3 Cats (Alexys{f}, Mikki{f}, Timothy{m}, Seven{f})
0.1 Child
1.0 Boyfriend
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but I don't know what their linage is or if they are het for anything. The first two clutches they produced together resulted in all normals so I assume they're not het for anything. The snake my dad has is the only hatchling of the two clutches I have access too so I'm not really sure what everyone else looks like either. I just know that this striping is nothing I've ever seen posted around here and creates a curiosity...

anyone else? other thoughts?

That's not an uncommon finding in corns. The stripes are similar to what you see in yellow ratsnakes. In corns, it may represent a “vestigial” pattern that was present in an ancestor of corns and ratsnakes, with certain obseletus populations retaining it into modern times. That’s just speculation on my part and I’d be interested in hearing other opinions on this.

I have a special liking for Okeetees and I consider this striping an undesirable trait that gives them a less “clean” appearance.

Regards,
WK

That happens sometimes, it's normal...if you have the corn snake manual, there's a pic of one with the dark stripes on page 74.
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-audri
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Most of my normals have those two dark stripes running down the body. It gets darker as they get older. Take a look at some "wild" corn pics. A lot of them have that stripe.
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~Katt

how many people don't like that look. I think it's sweet and rare compared to all of the corns I've ever seen at the shows and online...

to each his own, I think my dad got a damn good looking snake

thanks for the posts

I agree, I think they change the look of the snake quite a bit. I imagine you don't see those markings at shows much because it's a "wild" trait, and in general breeders try to produce the "cleaner" blotches and perfect lines etc... and so tend to breed out the wild trait. But as you say, to each his own, I think it's a very nice looking snake
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Dianne
AKA IcedGoddess
0.1 Snow (Ruby)
1.0 Anery A (Breaden)
0.1 Amel (Edana)
0.0.7 Normal het-snow (no names yet)
1.1 Bloodred (Vlad the Impailer and Natasha)
0.1 Anery Stripe (Morticia)
1.0 Candy Cane (Kane)

1.3 Cats (Alexys{f}, Mikki{f}, Timothy{m}, Seven{f})
0.1 Child
1.0 Boyfriend
IcedGoddess Creations
Castle Serpents