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The Story of the Palmetto Corn Snake

The Story of the Palmetto Corn Snake

The story of how the Palmetto corn snake came into the reptile hobby. Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Incompletely dominant gene mutation.Morph Type: Incompletely dominant to wild-type.

The Story of the Palmetto Corn Snake

The story of how the Palmetto corn snake came into the reptile hobby. Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Incompletely dominant gene mutation.Morph Type: Incompletely dominant to wild-type.

Ultramel corn snake

Ultramel Corn Snake

When I first saw this adult pair of corn snakes for sale in 2004 on Kingsnake.com, they were advertised as Hypo Motleys. Some had overt white blotch margins and the eye...

Ultramel Corn Snake

When I first saw this adult pair of corn snakes for sale in 2004 on Kingsnake.com, they were advertised as Hypo Motleys. Some had overt white blotch margins and the eye...

Hypomelanism

Hypomelanism

Hypomelanism loosely means reduced melanin (black). In the corn snake hobby it is often abbreviated to HYPO.

Hypomelanism

Hypomelanism loosely means reduced melanin (black). In the corn snake hobby it is often abbreviated to HYPO.

Hatching from the egg

Hatching from the egg

A pic of some SMR corn snakes hatching. They poke their heads through slits in the egg that they make with their egg tooth

Hatching from the egg

A pic of some SMR corn snakes hatching. They poke their heads through slits in the egg that they make with their egg tooth

sunkissed corn snake photo

Sunkissed Mutation

Story of the Sunkissed Mutation.The Sunkissed mutation in corn snakes was first discovered/described by Kathy Love of Cornutopia.com

Sunkissed Mutation

Story of the Sunkissed Mutation.The Sunkissed mutation in corn snakes was first discovered/described by Kathy Love of Cornutopia.com

History of the Tessera Mutation

History of the Tessera Mutation

FIRST, what makes Tesseras so hobby valuable? Other than appearance, the primary (and inherent) value of Tessera-type Corns is their mode of inheritance.  Since they are dominant to wild type,...

History of the Tessera Mutation

FIRST, what makes Tesseras so hobby valuable? Other than appearance, the primary (and inherent) value of Tessera-type Corns is their mode of inheritance.  Since they are dominant to wild type,...