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First Hay everyone,,

I was browsing a few forums and saw the term "Buck skin" used. Then I recalled a very cool corn with the same name? Anyone remember? and did it prove out to be genetic?

Sorry no pics of corns, only dogs cat birds hognose and a wife.
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Thanks for reading.
Tom

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Googled it lol. I just remember how cool that first one looked.
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Tom

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Here is a wild-caught I used to own that was found in extreme southern Miami/Dade County near Everglades National Park.

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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That snake is purty. The first buckskin was Don S I do believe.

Corns still amaze me in the diversity of colors and patterns.
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Thanks for reading.
Tom

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Not sure who created them or coined the name, but they were corns similar to Okeetee's (and don't know if it was a locality issue or just linebreeding) that had a brown "buckskin" background vs. the orange of an Oke...

John Finsterwald of Colorado Corns I think has some of these this year; I know he's worked with them in the past, and I think his are from Don Soderburg

Well, Don may, or may not have been the first to actually coin the term "buckskin" to this phenotype in the hobby (either him or the Love's), but they have definitely been around for thousands of years and are simply one more naturally occurring variation of cornsnake. Of course now days there are definitely some folks that do linebreed for the desireable trait. I sure do like the looks of them..

cheers, ~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

I breed Buckskin Okeetees. There's still a handful of breeders that produce them every year...
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