Okeetee Tesseras

[Tom Tuttle]

Congrats Lynnea! Looking forward to progresssion pics!

 

[Lynnea]

Thanks! I've attached ventral shots of #3, and although the lower half is a shade darker, so is the belly of one of the lighter-colored ones. So don't know if this is red-factor or not. :shrugs:

 

[ecreipeoj]

Thanks! I've attached ventral shots of #3, and although the lower half is a shade darker, so is the belly of one of the lighter-colored ones. So don't know if this is red-factor or not. :shrugs:

You are right, I don't see it either. I am sorry if I got your hopes up. I attached some photos of Mr. Incredible and a Redcoat PS ventrals. As you can see, the red completely raps around onto the lower ventral area.

Of course we are talking about Tesseras here, but I would expect it to be similar to Bloods, Striped and Motley. On normal colored Stripes and Motleys, the rap around color is brown instead of red. It is a reddish/brown color, but pretty much brown on the belly. On top, you can see the added red color.

As far as the "light" tinting, compared to siblings, is this a result of a variable co-dominant gene, just like Diffuse. Some Het Diffused look almost like Diffuse, while others are much closer to Normal.

I think the problem I have had, and perhaps others, in determining how Redcoat (AKA Red Factor) is inherited, is there are so many other causes of red color in Corns. The Redcoat is a transparent top coating over all of the other colors. It looks different when it is over Brown, Red, Orange and yellow, and who knows what it looks like on Anerys, and Lavenders.

 

[MysticExotics]

Here's a Tessera het Cayenne, from John (Colorado Corns). He's very red, for a Normal Tessera.

I've talked with Don S. a bit, & he said that this little guy shows the red factor. I've got big plans for breeding projects with this guy.

Gongrats on your babies, they're all stunning!

 

[ecreipeoj]

Here's a Tessera het Cayenne, from John (Colorado Corns). He's very red, for a Normal Tessera.

I've talked with Don S. a bit, & he said that this little guy shows the red factor. I've got big plans for breeding projects with this guy.

Gongrats on your babies, they're all stunning!

So, Don S confirmed my suspicions that your Tessera het Cayanne is perhaps a Redcoat (AKA Red Factor) The reason I suggested calling your Tessera a Redcoat or Red Factor Tessera het Fire, is the same reason we don't usually call a Corn het for Candy Cane. It seems as if Cayannes, are Redcoat Fires. Your Tessera is not het for Red Factor it is expressing the gene, so it is most likely homo for Redcoat not het, so in your case, your Tessera is homo Redcoat, and het for Tessera, Amel and Diffused.

This is exactly what I would expect a Redcoat Tessera's belly to look like. I am almost 100% certain, that what I call Redcoat and what Don S calls Red Factor are the same thing. I respect Don S 100%, but I have been calling these Redcoats, for a couple of years before he labeled them Red Factor.

This is like all other names for our morphs, one will win out in the end, by the acceptence of the general Corn Snake community. It is like the difference between Ashey and Cinder. I prefer Cinder, over the name the breeder called them who discovered the gene, which happens to be Rich Z in this case.

I will keep calling them Redcoats, and see if it catches on. To me, it is more fitting, because it is actually a transparent top coating of red color and it seems to roll off the tonque better than Red Factor Tesser. I prefer Redcoat, it is like they have a transparent red rain coat on, but perhaps it is just me.

Time will tell, which one catches on. Don S has published the name in a book, and I have used it on another forum, prior to that date. I actually don't really care and will switch to Red Factor if that is what it is going to be called. By either name, it is the most interesting morph of Corn Snake I have at the moment.