"Strawberry" Corns (and the Salmon Ghosts & Salmon Snows) originated from Jim Stelpflug of South West Wisconsion Reptiles
http://swreptile.com/
I own Salmon Ghosts, Salmon snows and in the past (~2002 I believe) have bought Strawberry corns from Jim Stelpflug. Although many speculate that the Strawberry Gene IS the cause for the Pinkish/salmon color of the Salmon Ghosts/Snows, I just haven't seen the evidence yet. It SHOULD be the reason- Jim introduced the Strawberry hypos along with teh Salmon Ghosts & snows (the chances of it being two different genes id VERY slim).
KJ Lodrigue (
www.kjunsnakehaven.com ) spent a few years working with a group of Strawberry Corns/morphs that belonged to a close friend of ours (don't know if he wants his name mentioned). He ended up producing pure strawberries, albino strawberries, anery strawberries and maybe a few more... His anery strawberries (I held them in my hand) didn't show the pinks of the Salmon Ghosts I own.
This is all just speculation on my end... Everything for me points it SHOULD be the gene responsible BUT I just haven't seen the proof yet.
To further complicate matters, I hear that IF you breed a Coral Ghost to an unrelated regular Ghost, PART of the clutch from the pairing will show pinks... Even Jeff Gailwood (JMG Reptiles) said that with EACH GENERATION of his Coral Ghosts (orig from Jim Stelflug) gets pinker and pinker when bred together. This is showing that the "coral" color of the Coral Ghosts isn't a simple recessive gene (Strawberry Hypo is an accepted hypo gene considered to be I guess a regular simple recessive-- if it wasn't, it'd just be a selectevely bred color morph).... There is defiently something going on and I believe in the next few years- as more and more of us work with these animals- it'll begin to be unraveled.
Sorry to muddy the situation mroe for you.... Heck, I could be completely wrong- just sharing my views and what I've seen for myself so far...
Graham...
PS, I'm a horrible photographer (and the photos don't capture the real pinks) but here's some of my Coral Ghosts