How about some cornsnake pictures?

[DaemoNox]

These guys come in several hundred morphs and pattern combos, so might as well make a thread devoted to them -


How about a normal corn for starters -

There's a huge degree of natural variation in them of course

One of the first morphs found in nearly all species is albino, or more properly called amelanism (meaning no black pigment).

The second morph out there is the opposite - Anerythrism, or the absence of red pigment.

Now combine the two, a corn thats missing both red and black pigments are called snows -

There is a second type of anery, called charcoal, which is much grayer -

Now combine that with amel, and instead of a snow you get a corn thats nearly solid white; called a blizzard -

Another early morph out there is hypomelanism, which is a reduced but not total absence of black. There are several different kinds of it floating around -

And to make things even more complicated, combine hypo with a snow (amel and anery) and you get a very pinky/peachy snow -

 

[Duke]

lol This is like Cockatiel genetics.
http://www.cockatiel.org/mutations/index.html

 

[DaemoNox]

One of the morphs I'm focusing on is the diffused morph; in which babies hatch out looking somewhat normal, but as they grow their pattern starts fading and they get very bright red. It takes selective breeding to get the best colors and pattern diffusion, otherwise you will find ones looking not much different then normal corns. Bloodreds is what they are normally called, the first ones of this morph were a solid dark blood red color. These babies though were chronic bad feeders, so to fix that they had to be outcrossed and bred with other corns, in turn loosing that deep red color (however there are a few lines that still have it). The bloodreds these days look just as good but they have a lot more orange and yellow in them.

And of course its being bred into other morphs, but they too need some selective breeding to get the best colors out.


Diffused + amel are called fires -

Diffused + anery are called granites -

 

[Duke]

Oh god. It keeps going. I can see why Australia doesn't want these loose.
They seem to me like the Alley Cats of the snake world.

 

[Jen]

:cry: i want one :cry:

 

[DaemoNox]

The other morph I'm focusing on is Lavender - which look like their name, they range from a deep greyish lavender color to very light pinky/peachy lavender.

Combine lavender with amel and you get whats called an opal; they can range from being very pinky/peachy to being almost whiter then snows -

Throw anery into that mix now and you end up with a nearly solid white snake with hints of lavender in it, being called a snopal for now -

And just for fun, (this isnt my snake) diffused + lavender = Plasma

 

[=bECS=]

Although alot of people will jump up and down about corns, i think this thread is informative.
Its good for those who dont know much about genetics to understand how/why certain colours are put together and what they produce.

 

[DaemoNox]

And some of the other morphs floating around here -

Phantom (charcoal + hypo)

Ghost (anery + hypo)

Striped anery -

Caramel -

Amel aztec -

Motley -

and an anery aztec -

 

[Jen]

Again :cry: i want a purple one :cry:
Gorgeous snakes

 

[MrBredli]

Some yummy snakes there, thanks for posting!

 

[DaemoNox]

I wouldnt consider them allycats; theyre more like designer snakes; stripes, spots, zigzags in nearly any color.

They are wonderful when it comes to genetics, its one thing learning about it but actually seeing it when you breed them.

 

[=bECS=]

Its almost like a box of skittles, i personally like the phantoms and the ghosts

 

[Hetty]

Wow, great thread.

Some of those snakes are just amazing! Great variation thanks for sharing

 

[blackthorn]

Awesome.
I like the lavendar, plasma, phantom and ghost ones.

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

llegal corn snakes in AUS are popular with bogans ive noticed

 

[solar 17]

Corn Snakes

A very interesting and imformative thread and l believe we have a lot more here than most people realize, even myself until recently.......cheers solar 17 [Baden][

 

[DaemoNox]

Thanks everyone; these snakes are not kept illegaly as I am not in Australia.

 

[mysnakesau]

How beautiful The GHOST one is my favourite. OF all the FAKE looking beautiful colours there I still like the one that looks more natural

I don't know much about red-eyed snakes but is it known if they have trouble seeing or no difference to dark eyes?

 

[Ned_fisch]

Beautiful snakes!
This may be off topic.
Are Corn snakes rearer fanged?

 

[kandi]

wonderful looking snakes presented very well, my favorites are lavender, plasma,charcoal and striped anery ncie there but not here