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i just don't understand why they are called jungle corns when they are not true corns it's confusing to me somone please explain

Adam

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I agree, the name implies it is a morph of pure corn. Shouldn't have been used. I don't know the original reason jungle was used but I assume it is because babies resemble baby Jungle Carpet pythons. It would have been better to use something that lets you know it's a hybrid. The Jurassic Milks are an example of a name that is a good name I think but it also causes a few to ask what species of milk is it. There are people selling jungle boas and they are pure boas but with a jungle appearance I guess and therefore the name. A certain breeder use to sell hybrid mixacanna kings which is also clever but people didn't get it seeing that they are a hybrid of the old Mexicanna Complex, Thayeri-Alterna-Mexicanna-Greeri-etc. It isn't about money either. It is a name given to describe something new. Example- Snow Corns were given the name Snow before they were actually produced. The outcome of the double het Corn ( het for Amelanistic and het for Anerythristic) was believed that a Corn missing Black and missing Red would be a Snow snake. As it turned out they were white but had flesh colored blotches and some yellow. Not exactly Snow. The name was already given for this and it stuck. Not a bad name but not what they originally thought it would turn out like. Another example is the Creamsickle Corn. Yes this isn't exactly pure Corn but it is pure guttata. It is a cross between an Emory Rat and a Corn. Again, this implies pure Corn the same as Jungle Corn implies pure corn. I think both names fit since they describe the offspring but due to the backlash on hybrids maybe Jungle Corn should have been Jungle Hybrid Corn. Just my opinion. HDEAN

I doubt that if these hybrids were named "King mates with corn", many newcomers to the hobby would pass it off, but "junglecorn" sounds a lot catchier to me. Just my opinion. I doubt that the name was chosen in an instance. There might have possibly been a servay.lol -Brett

Often times domestic lines are named in a manner that is simply descriptive of their phenotype so when you see this you need to start asking questions. In the particular instance you mentioned the name choice was unfortunate however because the origin of "jungle corns" is widely known and should be easy for anyone to discern that they are hybrid stock.

The jungle corns were named after a condition in humans known as 'jungle fever.' Some of you may be too young to have ever heard this term while others know what I am talking about. That is how jungle corns got their name.

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