POP QUIZ: What type of corn snake is this???

[Matt]

Ok, heres a little pop quiz....<b>Name the phase of corn snake shown below. </b>

I'll post the answer tomorrow after a couple guesses come in!




http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/20p3070005-med.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/20p3070012-med.jpg

[ReneeB]

milksnake phase?

[Pixie]

Amber?

Great looking snake!

[reverendsterlin]

hypo? hypo miami?

[Tim_Cranwill]

I would say miami as well....

[vanderkm]

I will go with hypo miami as well - that is crimson, right??

mary v.

[CornBall]

Crimson

-Ryan

[ReneeB]

nm i'm preggo.. brain isn't working..

[lanalizard]

creamsicle?

[moosehead]

The Crimson corn is a beefed-up "Miami phase"that's also hypomelanistic. page 114 corn snake manual by Bill & Kathy Love . At least I'm reading my new book ?

[Izzie]

I have heard it called a "red cornsnake" or a "Crimson cornsnake" i'm guessing one of those

[Matt]

well.......
it was sold to me as a rootbeer phase cornsnake, there are some people that acknowledge this as a colour phase, but i did alot of research and Im not sure I really buy into it

High Sierra sells rootbeer corns and they look pretty similar
http://www.**************/highsierra/htm/sp_corn_rootbear.htm

so.....i eventually thought (if it wasnt a rootbeer) that it was closest to a crimson (aka hypo miami).

thats my opinion anyways, its a confusing subject

:)

[vanderkm]

Are rootbeer corns the normal color phase of creamsicles ( the creamsicle orange color being the amel version of great plains ratsnake X corn)??

thanks,

Mary v.

[Hope_H]

Very pretty snake. I seen some Rootbeers in Maryland at a show and this does look like one. Rootbeers appear to be in the same catagory as the Creamsicle. My feelings are, if it would breed naturally in nature in which this intergrade does, what is the problem. Not to start a fight here, just my opinion. I have some beauitful Creams and when I sell them I just let the people know up front what they are. Most people just want the beauitful snake with the bright colors...

[Matt]

mary, ya your right, the creamsicle is an amel corn x great plains....and apparently the rootbeer is just a normal corn x great plains rat.
im guessing if i breed him to a female amel and then breed the offsping together, 24% should be true creamsicles.....i guess I'll see ;)

[vanderkm]

Matt - that is a beautiful snake, and if this is what the non-albino of creamsicles turn out like, I might be tempted to get one - very striking coloration.

Hope H - you should post some photos of your creamsicles - I would love to see more of the color range in them --

Mary v.

[lanalizard]

wohoo so when i said creamsicle i was right???

[Matt]

well....its not a creamsicle, creamsicle is the name given when you have the amel gene mixed in there as well.

as you can see, creams look real different than the "rootbeer"

<img src="http://www.cornsnake.net/gallery/creamsicle.jpg">
pic is from south mountain reptiles

[lanalizard]

pooie..i thought i was right...altho i think i was partially right right matt????

[Matt]

LOL lana, yes you were partially correct (all but one gene) :)

[Hope_H]

vanderkm, right now they are brumating till mid February. I will gladly post some pics when they warm up and are eating.

[lanalizard]

wooohoooooo finally i get something 'partially' correct

[eyespy]

Glad I was too wussy to venture a guess! All I thought was that there was too much orangey-brown to be a crimson, other than that I had no clue. ;)

Thanks for not keeping me in suspense too long. Thanks also for the great pic of a lovely snake. I have no problem with elaphe hybrids myself. They mix in nature occasionally, right? So what's the problem? It would be different if either species were endangered, but there are plenty of corn and ratsnakes thankfully.

[MidnightIris]

Very nice snake! Corns are so much fun, they come is such great flavors, lol!