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The original breeder called this strain Okeetee, I'm sure there is Bloodred involved, She is 18 months old.

>>The original breeder called this strain Okeetee, I'm sure there is Bloodred involved, She is 18 months old.
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That reminds me of one of mine.. he looks similar to that, but I have no background on him.

What is her belly pattern like?

Here's my guy.. I estimate him at somewhere around 3-4 years old, maybe older.

Sorry about the bad photo-flash tends to make things look terrible and I haven't gotten around to taking new pics of him yet. His belly is a faded orange/black-the checkerboard markings are blended together, like someone brushed them on.

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I have two of her siblings, and their bellies have alot more orange.

>>I have two of her siblings, and their bellies have alot more orange.
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Wow, beautiful belly-has alot more black than mine. Here's a belly photo of my okeetee:

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I was checking out the belly on one of my 03 oketees this weekend. I noticed some red in the checkering. I'm new to Oketees and was wondering is this something that is exclusive to Oketees or does this occur in others as well. For example, Miamis? I've never noticed it on any of my other snakes. Thanks Jim
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The corn snake is a highly variable animal. Some have lots of reddish orange mixed in with the belly checkering, and others have yellow, while others yet have hardly anything but black and white with some orange/yellow "overspray". This could be an Okeetee X Bloodred, hard to tell. The only sure way would be to breed it and see what kind of offspring it throws. Either way, its a nice looking corn.

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Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

A blood red wouldn't have the checkering on the belly.

I don't see any reason to believe that blood reds are involved here. Okeetees are a strain of brightly colored corns originally from the Okeetee Hunt Club in Jasper County in SE South Carolina. The name has been widened to include similarly brightly colored corns from other parts of the range.

Paul Hollander

>>I have two of her siblings, and their bellies have alot more orange.
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Wow, very nice coloring on the belly. That does indeed look Bloodred outcross.
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

looks familiar.........looks okeetee to me.......ask Phil......LOL............

........figuring that camera out huh......kewl........

............maybe you can take it to Canada this year......I want to see these walleyes by the boatloads...........

yep.............JY

Awesome!! But I am interested to know why you think there is Bloodred in it..

Marcel

>>The original breeder called this strain Okeetee, I'm sure there is Bloodred involved, She is 18 months old.
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

I wish all Okeetees were that red. Beautiful snake!
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That is one beautiful snake!

My corn that hatched in aug on the 4th has solid black checkers except after the tail where it looks kind of like yours with the red mixed in.
Here's her pic
Demon