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Identification of my Snake

Greatcocojoe

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Hi everyone,
Been a while since ive been on the forum, but i just came across something. I used to believe my 3 year old male "Tango" was a wildtype classic corn. Looking at pictures, i realised Tango and normal classics looked different but thought it must be the case of selective breeding. Now i have come across some information and it seems my dear Tango is not a classic corn but a kastanie corn,with only the ventral looking a little more like a classic corn. I really wanted to get Tango bred with another female so this excites me as i can have a little project to try and get "Mandarins". Please take a look at the pictures as i am not 100% sure myself. I would love a second opinion about the "identification;morph" of the snake. Thank you guys for reading all of this. Below is pics
 

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We need better photos. They need to be in focus, and with better light because the ones from above don't let me see his color at all. They are much too dark.
Please provide one of the *whole* snake, in sunlight as well.
 
There is so much variation in normals (wild type/classic/etc.).
Also screens could be showing a variation in color.
I've never seen a Kastanie in person so I would base whether it is a normal or possibly a Kastanie by the color of the eyes as shown on Iansvivarium.
 
We need better photos. They need to be in focus, and with better light because the ones from above don't let me see his color at all. They are much too dark.
Please provide one of the *whole* snake, in sunlight as well.


Okay, i will in the next few days as Tango has just eaten yesturday. Thank you for your reply.
 
There is so much variation in normals (wild type/classic/etc.).
Also screens could be showing a variation in color.
I've never seen a Kastanie in person so I would base whether it is a normal or possibly a Kastanie by the color of the eyes as shown on Iansvivarium.

Tango's eyes are much darker like the kastanie, basically 95% lookalike. With only the ventral side looking a little like ians classic corn with the orange kinda "seeping" towards the middle.The classic corn's eyes are much much brighter and orange then Tango's.
 
Natural variation is great in normals, so your snakes look is very normal. It look like snakes do when you cross grey coloured corns (like Miami phase) with orange coloured ones (like okeetees).

Kastanie is a rare mutation. I would not say that is a kastanie before you have done breeding trials that confirm your suspicion.
 
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