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True corn?
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pinatamonkey
Ophidiophile
corns/rats
Corns are one of the north american ratsnakes (I guess the genus is now pantherophis), but they are not the same species as other ratsnakes like the black, yellow, grey rats.
I don't really know enough to tell you if the corn is pure or not, but I would take his word for it not being pure unless he tells you otherwise.
It does look kinda brownish, though.
What does the belly look like? (checks, smudges, ??)
Corns are one of the north american ratsnakes (I guess the genus is now pantherophis), but they are not the same species as other ratsnakes like the black, yellow, grey rats.
I don't really know enough to tell you if the corn is pure or not, but I would take his word for it not being pure unless he tells you otherwise.
It does look kinda brownish, though.
What does the belly look like? (checks, smudges, ??)
Clint Boyer
'Former' Snake slave
Looks to me like..........
It is probably a Corn X Great plains rat (Elaphe gutatta emoryi).
They are very close in relation and considered a sub-species in most of the older books.
The high saddle count and many side blotches are a sign of GPR or emoryi influence. The more brown-grey color is also a sign of emoryi blood.
Creamsicles are the amelanistic (red albino) version of that cross. These normal colored offspring are often the product of Creamsicle projects. In another thread, we were discussing the proper name for such intergrades. We came to a conclusion that emoryi-corn was probably a better name then something like Rootbeer that has also been used. At least with the emoryi-corn name, there is no mistake about just what the background of the snake is.
Here are a couple of pics of a pure emoryi, Great plains rat:
And as an adult:
It is probably a Corn X Great plains rat (Elaphe gutatta emoryi).
They are very close in relation and considered a sub-species in most of the older books.
The high saddle count and many side blotches are a sign of GPR or emoryi influence. The more brown-grey color is also a sign of emoryi blood.
Creamsicles are the amelanistic (red albino) version of that cross. These normal colored offspring are often the product of Creamsicle projects. In another thread, we were discussing the proper name for such intergrades. We came to a conclusion that emoryi-corn was probably a better name then something like Rootbeer that has also been used. At least with the emoryi-corn name, there is no mistake about just what the background of the snake is.
Here are a couple of pics of a pure emoryi, Great plains rat:
And as an adult:
carol
Down with the sickness
Here is what my emoryi corn looked like in his early stages (next to creamsicle sister). The both have tons more yellow now, and he has gone from brown to a carmel color. Thier saddles aren't that emoryi like, but they are only 25% emoryi. They sure seemed to keep the colors though.
