Yellow Okeetee?

My first though was caramel, too...HOWEVER, even if this IS caramel, it looks different enough that I'd love to get some locality examples this guy. If caramel, the value is not that great (and it would NOT be a new mutation) - but it would be one of the best looking caramels I've seen.
KJ

I wonder how Carsten "ZEE" Zoldy's year is going... Hopefully we'll hear from him soon about new Golden hatchlings.

Not sure its worth much coming from a rather new person on this site but.... NC corns might really look like that. Here where I live they are Silver and Orange with no Red (opposite of the yellow in this one). I am hoping to catch one this spring/summer and I will definitely post pics. As to why it looks like that is it blending in with the wiregrass or switchcane of the sandhills of NC? Is most other NC wild caught snakes more orange due to the forest floor being covered with orange leaves? Seems like there would be more that look like this since other states has the same vegatation. Most animals have a way of blending in with it's environment some are better at it than others.
That's my $0.02.

Originally Posted by crousescorns

Not sure its worth much coming from a rather new person on this site but.... NC corns might really look like that. Here where I live they are Silver and Orange with no Red (opposite of the yellow in this one). I am hoping to catch one this spring/summer and I will definitely post pics. As to why it looks like that is it blending in with the wiregrass or switchcane of the sandhills of NC? Is most other NC wild caught snakes more orange due to the forest floor being covered with orange leaves? Seems like there would be more that look like this since other states has the same vegatation. Most animals have a way of blending in with it's environment some are better at it than others.
That's my $0.02.

Very Much Agree with this post.

I have been following this thread since I first signed up on this board, and
would LOVE to see how the project goes with this snake. crouserscorns
post above makes a lot of sense compared to what is posted on this guys
site that I read through now and then. This guy is from South Carolina and
has posted several reports of his observations from over the state.
I saw this one a few weeks ago, and it made me think of this thread.
Here is the link to what I found interesting in conjuction to what crousers
posted. . . . . look down towards the bottom at the list of different
corn snakes he's spotted from different counties and towns in the state.
The top one listed as "Adult, Laurens County" shows a washed out, and
gray/silver color blending in with the pine tree in the picture. . .sort of like
a dull Miami Phase. But click on the bottom picture in that list where it's
listed as "Unusual Brown Coloration" . . . I was reading about this one on
his list of observations, and this is one he spotted near his house in Ware
Shoals SC. It (unfortuately) had been freshly run over, and he thought it
was a black rat snake at first, but decided to go back and view it. . . as
he did, he noticed that it wasn't a black snake, but had all the traits of a
corn snake, but very unusual coloration.
I used to live in Laurens County SC and I have a Brother that lives in
Ware Shoals, so I'm going to have to go visit some family this spring and
summer to see if I can run across any of these fine specimens of my own.

Originally Posted by Spurticus

Very Much Agree with this post.

I have been following this thread since I first signed up on this board, and
would LOVE to see how the project goes with this snake. crouserscorns
post above makes a lot of sense compared to what is posted on this guys
site that I read through now and then. This guy is from South Carolina and
has posted several reports of his observations from over the state.
I saw this one a few weeks ago, and it made me think of this thread.
Here is the link to what I found interesting in conjuction to what crousers
posted. . . . . look down towards the bottom at the list of different
corn snakes he's spotted from different counties and towns in the state.
The top one listed as "Adult, Laurens County" shows a washed out, and
gray/silver color blending in with the pine tree in the picture. . .sort of like
a dull Miami Phase. But click on the bottom picture in that list where it's
listed as "Unusual Brown Coloration" . . . I was reading about this one on
his list of observations, and this is one he spotted near his house in Ware
Shoals SC. It (unfortuately) had been freshly run over, and he thought it
was a black rat snake at first, but decided to go back and view it. . . as
he did, he noticed that it wasn't a black snake, but had all the traits of a
corn snake, but very unusual coloration.
I used to live in Laurens County SC and I have a Brother that lives in
Ware Shoals, so I'm going to have to go visit some family this spring and
summer to see if I can run across any of these fine specimens of my own.

Almost forgot . . . . .Here's the link to that site

http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/corn.htm

any updates on this morph?

I've e-mailed Zee a few times this year and kept up on updates threw kingsnake and he only got 3 possible good eggs this year out of a few clutches and no hatchlings. he has been deployed again this year so he was supervising all the breeding from a far this year.

it looks like it will be at least another year before this project starts to take off.

I started to wonder if his project will ever take off. He has had quite a few unfortunate events preventing him from coming up with a good clutch. The original golden corn is getting old. He also ignores advices of experienced people trying to help him breed his snakes besides dismissing any kind of external help. Sad, but all true.
Hopefully the teenager taking care of his snakes doesn't mess up this year again.

Originally Posted by jpccusa

I started to wonder if his project will ever take off. He has had quite a few unfortunate events preventing him from coming up with a good clutch. The original golden corn is getting old. He also ignores advices of experienced people trying to help him breed his snakes besides dismissing any kind of external help. Sad, but all true.
Hopefully the teenager taking care of his snakes doesn't mess up this year again.

I agree with everything said. Seems as if he would send a pair of the hets out on loan to someone else. I have a certain species I have struggled but I regularly hatch eggs from other snakes, so I sent them to a friend, he has to have better luck than I with them.

dc