Meet "Rufus"
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This is Rufus. He is an Amel Corn Snake that I got about a month ago. I'm not sure of his age but I am guessing about 9 to 12 months. He's about 26 inches long, and eats a hopper every Sunday morning.
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Welcome to the obsession! Oops, I mean welcome to the forum. ;) I am particularly fond of the name Rufus, it brings back memories of a lovely pooch I once worked with. LoL. Very pretty striped corn. But... I'm pretty sure that's not an amel? Either way, he's beautiful. I <3 stripes. :)
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I was told by the folks I bought him from that he is an Amelanistic Red Striped Corn Snake.
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Def very pretty ... Welcome [emoji5]️
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He's gorgeous, but he's not an amel. Amels have red pupils because they lack black pigment.
Here is a picture of my amel stripe. See the difference in the eyes? http://imageshack.com/a/img537/2438/wnvp7U.jpg |
Welcome to the forum! Your snake is very pretty, but having an amel myself, I agree that he is definitely not albino. If you are curious to figure out what morph he is - you could compare some picture to Ian's Vivarium (a website) by restricting a search to only striped cornsnakes or ask some of the more senior members here.
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Thanks for all the remarks and input. Obviously, the people that sold him to me got their facts wrong, and I didn't know the difference. I was told he was an Amel Red Stripe.
But after reading the posts from you guys, I decided to research it a bit more myself. I found some pictures online of a snake that looks exactly like him, and they call it a "Hypomelanistic Stripe. I believe that is what he must be. http://www.bigappleherp.com/core/med...a339d22d1cd725 Thanks |
Because he's a really nice dark color, and what little black he has on his face is a proper black, I believe he is a normal stripe not a hypo stripe.
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I have a red normal stripe too that I thought was hypo.. but she is just a very pretty normal stripe.. lol so welcome to the normal stripe club <3
Yours is beautiful!! <3 Red says Rufus is sexxy! https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...8b&oe=5644515F |
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Here are a few more photos of Rufus. He is a real sweetie and very friendly, he loves to get involved with just about everything I do. He will actually meet me at the cage opening and crawl out into my hands when I open the door.
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