my first cornsnake , what is he?

[Tekpc007]

 

[SquamishSerpents]

Looks like it's going to shed, but my guess is a hypo?

Perhaps it could be a bloodred, depending on it's weight. Is it just a teeny tiny baby?

 

[ceduke]

Looks like a beautiful hypo to me!

 

[Susan]

I'm thinking hypo as well, just because of the eye color.

 

[Tekpc007]

Its about 19 inches , few months old . i was told it is a hypo blood red, but just seeing if thats true.

 

[Nanci]

Well does he have checks on his belly, or is it white?
A hypoblood would have a pure white belly,
possibly with some bleeding of red or orange, but no checks.

 

[Wyldrose]

Beautiful snake! I'd like to see a belly pic

 

[Tekpc007]

belly pic

 

[SquamishSerpents]

Hypo! Not a blood. Who told you it was a hypo blood? If it was the person who sold the snake to you, I'd be marching right back there and giving them what-for!

 

[Tekpc007]

so what the whole morph name then? so its not a hypo blood red? then what is it?

 

[Wyldrose]

He is a Hypomelanistic The snake in my avatar pic is also a Hypo

 

[Susan]

so what the whole morph name then? so its not a hypo blood red? then what is it?

A hypo bloodred is homozygous for 2 recessive genes...hypo (hypomelanistic A) and bloodred (aka diffuse). The hypo gene reduces the amount of black. The diffuse/bloodred gene reduces the side pattern and removes the belly checks. Because your snake has belly checks, it can not be homozygous bloodred, but it is hypo.

 

[Tekpc007]

thanks for the info