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Can someone ID my snake?

SkyChimp

SkyChimp

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I'm not sure what morph this really is. It was sold as a "Christmas Corn" but I can find next to nothing on that. To me it looks more like Miami but with more subdued reds. Any ideas? Thanks.
 

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mbdorfer said:
Looks like a normal corn snake to me. Not seeing the Miami connection.
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Please tell me why. What would be the difference? I picked this particular snake as my first corn based on her size and demeanor. The color was very secondary to me (except that I didn't want an albino).
 
It looks like a miami phase to me too. A very nice one too. Are you sure he said Christmas corn and not crimson corn?

I just got a crimson corn which is a hypo miami phase. I like the color contrast of the miami phase snakes.
 
SkyChimp said:
Please tell me why. What would be the difference? I picked this particular snake as my first corn based on her size and demeanor. The color was very secondary to me (except that I didn't want an albino).
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Well, I based my assumption on the fact that it appears to be a small corn (less than a year old) and the ground color doesn't look bright enough to me.
There's an awful lot of debate as to what is and isn't a "Miami", so do some Google image searches and draw your own conclusion. Or just check out Carol's website! :grin01:
 
i was just going by the lighter backgroud, i only have one corn and when i got him his backgrouund color was a lot darker, listen to mike, he knows a lot more about it then i do!, plus i am color blind so.....
 
I see the miami look to it. It is a dark picture, and a young corn, but in my opinion it looks like a strong candidate.
 
SkyChimp said:
I'm not sure what morph this really is. It was sold as a "Christmas Corn" but I can find next to nothing on that. To me it looks more like Miami but with more subdued reds. Any ideas? Thanks.
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It looks like a crimson, which is a hypomelanistic (reduced black) Miami Phase (a selectively bred normal with very light background). In crimsons, the hypo tends to turn the saddles a maroon color, which is how yours appears in the photo.
 
i have to admit, on my screen i can see the miami influence.. but i often seem to see things others dont lol..
my pc i think, not my eyes (this time :))
 
I'm going with Crimson

I have to agree I see the hypo in it, and I think it resembles the miami phase farely well. :santa:
 
mbdorfer said:
Well, I based my assumption on the fact that it appears to be a small corn (less than a year old) and the ground color doesn't look bright enough to me.
There's an awful lot of debate as to what is and isn't a "Miami", so do some Google image searches and draw your own conclusion. Or just check out Carol's website! :grin01:
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After a lot of browsing, I think I agree its a normal corn. The silvery sides threw me off. But after comparing it to real Miamis, my snakes ground color seems too dark with too much tan in it. It's even less silvery towards the end. Also, I don't think the blotches are red enough.

All ok though, I didn't care what it was, except mine :)
 
There really is a such thing as "Christmas corns". They were selectively bred. Let me try and find a link for you and get back....
 
Not to triple post, but...
Here's a quote.
" ... the original ones were red and the areas that were normally black were an opaque greenish color rather than gray or purplish. The original ones came from an island off the coast of SC and were from wild a caught line.

Bill Brant , the originator of the X-mas, apparently bred them with Hypos and again they were incompatible..."

They are yet another kind of hypo.
 
Thanks for the link to that thread. I didn't really care what morph she was when I got it. Still, my snake still seems to have more silvery sides than the ones in the pictures. I suppose it could be a "Christmas" with a more silvery ground color :) . Doesn't much matter.
 
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