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I haven't really been into corn snakes much, but I know they're pretty rare in my specific town. I've seen probably 4 (1 of which was DOR) in the last 24 years here. I caught a small one, probably 14"-16" long last night, and it really seems like it may not be a normal phase. Maybe I'm wrong.

It has the classic head/markings, with a little bit of orange on the top part. It's got dark red or brownish blotches, grey in-between, and there is an orange tint, visible about halfway along its body on the top part, between the red/brown blotches (meaning that it doesn't seem to touch the blotches, only in between).

The orange coloration seems to start at the head and then slowly disappears as it goes down the body.

I've compared it to a lot of miami phase corns, even though I'm probably way too far north for that phase, as well as what they seem to call "normal corns" but none seem to look exactly like this.

Could this be just what some hatchlings look like, before they gain their adult coloration, or could it be an integrades with a grey or yellow rat snake, or maybe a hypo?

This was caught in north-central Florida btw, and the few adults from here I've seen really don't look like this one. Any help is appreciated.

as bright as the adults. Baby and subadult corns, especially the size of the one you found and smaller are much more drab then the adults. They ususally don't develop their full/brightest coloration till over two feet long plus. The "hints" of color you see between the blotches indicate what the groundcolor between the blotches will eventually turn to. The darker blotches will lighten and get redder as it grows. That one of the problems with buying baby corns, especially normal phases like Okeetee or Miami. You never really know what they are truly going to look like til they grow up!!!

Hope this helps
KevinM

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Almost looks Hypo! You have to "wait and see" on the real coloring, since the yellows and such don't show for almost a year in some. But there's not much black?? is that just the picture or is he/she really that light. What does the belly look like. How fun to find a wild one that looks so pretty!!
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The picture pretty much shows the true color of the animal, and there is hardly any black on the top part. I tried to take a shot at the underbelly, but the pics didn't turn out that great, but it's white, with some orange and black speckling/blotches. Around the cloaca to the tip of the tail, it has an orange base, instead of white.I also popped it to see what sex it was, and all indications say it's a female.

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She's 19" and has taken two F/T pinky mice via the tong method (wigglin' the pinky around its enclosure, mimicing a live creature, wait for it to strike, and then swallow it down). It hasn't taken any on its own yet, but it probably won't be long.