Introducing Tesoro

[ghosthousecorns]

I have had this amazing Tessera girl for a little while and been dying to show her off but I have just not been able to get any decent pics of her. I really hope Santa brings me a new camera. My camera is seriously about to croak! Half of my pictures are coming out all black with nothing at all on them... Anyway after several frustrating attempts to get some shots these pictures are the best I have of her.
My little treasure is from Chip Bridges and I have named her "Tesoro". I am really happy to have her!

 

[alan]

That's a stripey one.
You going to make some Tescinders?

 

[ghosthousecorns]

And hypo Tescinders!!
She's het anery A so ghost tesseras maybe also.

 

[Nanci]

She's gorgeous!! I need to get new pics of Gartersnake- he's changed so much in just a few months!! I've never seen an adult in person- it should be exciting!!

 

[Susan]

She's lovely! Sorry that your camera is giving you trouble, but don't feel too bad as I also have a few snakes with only a handful of semi-decent photos of, even after several years.

 

[chris68]

Very pretty, and they sure are neat looking...In shed it looks like a striped cal king

 

[Em Wright]

Nice! The more I see Tesseras the more I want one. I hope you get a new camera Jen, so you can keep us updated with pics of this little girl!

 

[alan]

And hypo Tescinders!!
She's het anery A so ghost tesseras maybe also.

Ghost tesseras, ghost stripe tesseras, I'm trying to imagine what would show. Guess we'll wait on you for that. The nice thing is that you don't have to wait long.

 

[ghosthousecorns]

I love these guys but they are kinda funny looking... Sometimes when I look at her its like someone put a corn snake's head on another snakes body.
Wish I could have gotten a belly shot. She has no checkers on her ventral but it is outlined in black and after the vent the underside of her tail is black too.
I'm really not too keen in mixing this gene with motley or stripe. One of the things I like about these is that they have the striped look without the hypo-like effect that stripe and mot can have. This is a female so I will have a few years to decide, and I have a feeling I'll be able to see what a motley or stripe tessera looks like before then

 

[alan]

I thought the same thing when I first saw KJ's pics, the obvious garter snake thought.
I got to check out a tessera sunkissed from Curio Creatures. It had ventral checkers, but they were kind of regularly spaced, less random. The colors and pattern were great! Bright and sharp.

 

[desertanimal]

Love the name!

 

[StrangeCargo]

I have a feeling I'll be able to see what a motley or stripe tessera looks like before then

Here's a Striped Tessera... you kinda gotta see them in person to really appreciate how cool they look... I think they are freakin' awesome.

I have an '09 Tessera het Ghost that I'm gonna give another year of growth before trying to breed her... When she is ready, I have a JMG Coral Ghost male ready to go for her... I can't wait for Coral Ghost Tesseras!

Graham

PS Thats a great looking snake from Chip- he's an awesoem guy!

 

[Nanci]

Graham, what is the major difference? The very reduced lateral markings??

 

[StrangeCargo]

Graham, what is the major difference? The very reduced lateral markings??

I guess I should say that is what we THINK is a Striped Tessera. Don Soderberg has similiar animals also he's calling Striped tesseras.

You're correct Nanci- Reduced lateral markings... very clean sides compared to "regular" Tesseras.

I'm also raising up ('09) a Tessera 100% het striped... I'll have a much better answer once I cross that animal to a striped corn. Not sure if motley will affect them the same way... so much to still unlock about Tessera.

Hopefully 2011 will have an explosion of Tessera morphs. I won't have striped Tesseras until 2012. I don't really push my animals hard to get to breeding size quickly (honestly I can't because of my extended out-of-state work schedule)...So far looks like I should have:

Tesseras
Golddust Tesseras
Ultramel Tesseras
Albino Tesseras
Okeetee Tesseras (Orig. Tessera female X Halloween Okeetee male... the orig Tesseras were out of an Okeetee project so they already showed average okeetee coloration, by breeding her to my Halloween Okeetee male, I should be able to THICKEN the black stripes to make "extreme" Okeetee tesseras).


ghosthousecorns: You picked a beautiful female- she has an awesome stripe...just wait for the color change to adulthood/subadulthood...

 

[ghosthousecorns]

I asked Chip for the best eater out of 2 real nice stripey ones he had and it was this one. I believe he might still have a few females left and I recommend him highly - great guy to deal with.
Thanks Graham for some great info, that gets me a bit more up to date on the morph. Oh well I got plenty of time- I don't push for them to grow quickly either, if it takes them 3 or 4 years to reach breeding size I'm OK with that so it will be a while before I have to worry about which snake to pair her to!

 

[Ares2010]

She's beautiful

 

[ghosthousecorns]

A couple of new pictures... This girl is huge for a '10! You can hardly even tell she just ate 2 big pinkies.

 

[Jessicat]

Wow, I can't believe I missed this thread before!

What a gorgeous snake! I'm so glad you got a chance to own one. Can't wait to see pictures of her as she grows. VERY exciting!

 

[SickPyth7]

A couple of new pictures... This girl is huge for a '10! You can hardly even tell she just ate 2 big pinkies.

She is gorgeous, good pic for a new morph. Congrats

 

[SickPyth7]

I guess I should say that is what we THINK is a Striped Tessera. Don Soderberg has similiar animals also he's calling Striped tesseras.

You're correct Nanci- Reduced lateral markings... very clean sides compared to "regular" Tesseras.

I'm also raising up ('09) a Tessera 100% het striped... I'll have a much better answer once I cross that animal to a striped corn. Not sure if motley will affect them the same way... so much to still unlock about Tessera.

Hopefully 2011 will have an explosion of Tessera morphs. I won't have striped Tesseras until 2012. I don't really push my animals hard to get to breeding size quickly (honestly I can't because of my extended out-of-state work schedule)...So far looks like I should have:

Tesseras
Golddust Tesseras
Ultramel Tesseras
Albino Tesseras
Okeetee Tesseras (Orig. Tessera female X Halloween Okeetee male... the orig Tesseras were out of an Okeetee project so they already showed average okeetee coloration, by breeding her to my Halloween Okeetee male, I should be able to THICKEN the black stripes to make "extreme" Okeetee tesseras).


ghosthousecorns: You picked a beautiful female- she has an awesome stripe...just wait for the color change to adulthood/subadulthood...

GO GRAHAM.

I myself should be producing Tessera's het:
Caramel
Amelantistic
Hypo Opal
Ultra or Amel (from breeding to Ultramel Female)