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Originally Posted by Rich Z
Just to clarify a detail concerning the history of the Caramel gene.
The original animal that produce the Caramel gene for me was a wild caught NORMAL looking adult female purchased from a pet shop in Cape Coral, Florida.
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There is a wide variation in the wild corn snakes found in my area. Cape Coral, Pine Island, Charlotte County, even as far as the Keys seem to have some really fine corn snakes. I have not found a live specimen of a caramel, but have found a road kill that resembled a caramel. In 2015 I was recovering from bypass surgery and was walking with my wife for exercise just a block from our home. I spotted what I thought was a Butter going into the brush and palms. I got closer and saw that it appeared to be an Amber, and I would have caught it, but my wife reminded me that tearing my stitches loose while chasing a snake through the brush was insane. I already had an Amber male, and thought if the wild one was a female, it would be worth trying the mating. I have been searching for that corn ever since. I have seen hypos in my area, so will be on the lookout for wild caramels.