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, and have a question about E. g. guttata. I posted a few pics a day or so ago, of a pair of corns that I found this past summer in a rapidly developing neighborhood. Since they were young, both are maybe a little over a foot, I opted to keep them instead of relocating them. Until I saw corns in the wild, they really didn't appeal to me. I moved to the FL panhandle a little over a year ago, and now I can't stop cruising this forum! My question is- Are young corns more or less brightly patterned than adults, and/or does it depend on the morph and/or locality? I have been keeping and breeding snakes for as long as I can remember, and IMO (most) kings and milks either stay as bright or become duller with age. Of course, I know that different bloodlines and even young from the same clutch can often be un-similar in appearance. I found both of the snakes within a very close proximity of one another (maybe 50-100 yards), but they look VERY different. One SEEMS to be younger than the other (a few inches shorter) and is not as brightly colored, almost thought it was a guttata x spiloides. I would love to hear any insight that any of you may have. Thank you for your time and a "newbie" to the corn snake forum appreciates what ever I can get. I hope I'm not asking something that is regularly asked, but even if it has I would love any info. on western FL panhandle locality corns. I guess I’ve heard something about “deep red”? Thanks again.-Brett

Brett
Corns will go through a color change as they mature. They are like all rat snakes. As babies, they are born with a different color than what they turn out to look like as adults. Corn snakes are a very variable snake. Even in the wild. As an adult, the background color can be anywhere from a dark orange, light orange, greyish, tan, and reddish. The saddles are usually a shade of brick red to orange. The outline on the saddles can be very thin to thick, and usually black. Sometimes the outline will encircle the saddle entirely, and sometimes they will only encircle part of it. You can have two normal corns from the same clutch look totally differnt in coloration when they reach adulthood. Here is a picture of my KY locale normal corn.

Hope this helps.

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1.0 Corn snake
1.0 Black rat snake
1.0 Albino Black rat snake
1.0 Everglades rat snake
0.1 Yellow rat snake
1.1 California king snake
1.0 Prairie king snake
0.1 Black king snake

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

I guess I'll just have to keep my corns, and see how they turn out. Darn!.lol Thanks again-Brett