Jungle corns - updated pictures

[vanderkm]

Nothing better to do on a rainy Saturday than fill the forum with pictures. These jungle corns (cornsnake X california kingsnake crossbred) are making great progress - growing like weeds and retaining their bold colors. They are almost a year old, clutchmates from a jungle corn to jungle corn breeding. I don't breed these guys - got them from a friend - but it is interesting to see them develop and how intermediate they are between corns and cal kings.

Male normal
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/509/6304_May_23_Sting_24_reduced.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/509/6304_May_23_Sting_8_reduced.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/509/6304_May_23_Sting_16_reduced.jpg

Female amel
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/509/6304_May_23_Bangle_17_reduced.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/509/6304_May_23_Bangle_14_reduced.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/509/6304_May_23_Bangle_29_reduced.jpg

mary v.

[Tim_Cranwill]

That female amel is UNREAL!!!!

Thanks for sharing all of your pics, Mary. :)

[Katt]

WICKED!! That normal is amazing!!!!! MORE PICS!!!

[MouseKilla]

AHHH! I'M BLIND!

Damn those are some (more) bright snakes Mary, and just gorgeous too. Your snake room must emit light between those guys and the snake in your avatar that I won't make a fool of myself trying to identify (you told me but I can't remember... amel milk of some kind??). You know how to pick 'em.

[Clownfishie]

Beautiful jungle corns Mary! That normal male is really nice, and that female is pretty unreal looking... gorgeous!

MK - the snake in her avatar is a tangerine albino honduran milksnake :)


Jen

[MarcB]

I am not one for hybrids but the albino looks unreal Mary...

[YummyCdnMale]

guess the king snake was more in the mood then hungry at the time! lol

[nicola_boulton]

they look great! really pretty, love the 1st one

[Simon]

I like the amel~~
lovely snakes you have there!!

[Jeff_Favelle]

Holy. I like the dark normals!! WOWsers!

[vanderkm]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I cannot decide if I like the normal or the amel color better but I definately like the high contrast of these two.

I remain undecided on the issue of whether I would pursue hybrids - can say I don't think the manipulation or trickery required to get some species to cross is anything I would ever have the patience for - if they won't breed naturally, then I don't want the offspring - whether they are members of the same species or closely related ones. These were from two jungle corn parents - that bred readily and showed no inclination to feed on each other.

The babies are a bit weird-looking compared to either corns or kings - but the female albino is the calmest, most clingy colubrid I have ever dealt with - she acts like a little boa - just wants to hang out wrapped around your wrist!

mary v.

[Dani33]

I loovvee the normal, beautiful snakes!

[marisa]

I am still undecided myself, but that normal is just STUNNING! Great snake.

Marisa

[munchy]

wow. very nice. i love that normal.:)