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Snow Tessera?

Looks tesseraish, but I'd be hessitent to believe its the real deal. Looks like a pinstripe mot with abberent side patterning kinda zig zaggy, but who knows.
 
Good god I didn't think Tessera has gone that far either. But you know with the unique nature of tessera it can be bred into other morphs very quickly. SMR still has Tesseras for 1000 - 1200 so I would guess that would be a great deal but who knows how legit this snake is.
 
I saw those. I think they are too good to be true. Normal tessera's are still $1000. Eventually they are going to be real common. This morph is co-dominant. If I had the money right now I would seriously inquire about them though.
 
First I have to say I have no experience with Tessera's, so my opinion is pretty much moot.

But here is my observation...

The stripe down the back looks too much like a motley stripe (stripe with bubbles that pop out) and breaks in a few places. Most tessera's I've seen have a pretty solid and straight stripe (no bubbles of motley looking pattern popping out). See some pics here http://www.cornsnakemorphgallery.com/tessera/ At most they seem to just have a couple scales of color deviating from the straight line down the back.

Again, my opinion doesn't really hold much water because I have no experience with tessera's, but I'd be interested in the opinions of those who do have time and money vested in the tessera gene. It could very well be legit.
 
Probably Is

Alot of corns are het Amel and Anery,and if Tessera is a dominant trait ,then the value of them will fall fast.
 
stephen said:
Alot of corns are het Amel and Anery,and if Tessera is a dominant trait ,then the value of them will fall fast.
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Not quite THAT fast, though, would it? If I had a new highly desirable pattern morph who's normals still went for around $1000 on more reputable breeder's sites, I sure as heck wouldn't undercut myself all the way down to $500 something.
 
Well

What if you thought cornsnakes were worthless and obtained them from someone in a trade.Knowing they are worth more but just want to recop the money.Theres endless possabiltys,Why are some BP morphs worth like 80,000 and the highest the rarest cornsnake might go for, would probably be 2000? Theres the same amount of time involved and I think cornsnakes make better pets.I think BPs are shaped to close to Slugs!...;)
 
I wonder if this is the same guy who had the "creamsicle" versions last year. There was a discussion about it somewhere in KJ's forum. I am too lazy to find it, sorry.

Either way, if it was pure, then the breeder would be an idiot to sell a morph male for such a low price when a pair of normals are still commanding twice what he wants for his pair. Maybe he doesn't have the real deal and knows it, hence the low price :shrugs:

dc
 
Maybe he just wants them gone quick, and knows that the value of the morph is going to drop quick... Better to get what you can while you can then nothing at all.

If this morph is as easy to breed and passes on as has been stated it will be more common then stripe or motley in just a few years. Then what?
Will the saddled corns we call normals now will be of a higher value then the striped Tessera? Will breeders be scrambling for "nonTessera" hets?;)
 
IMO I think it looks pretty close to the real deal, but the price cut is just way to low, no way would I sell a teressa homo for anery n amel for under 1000, when breeders are finding buyers for normals at this price
 
stephen said:
What if you thought cornsnakes were worthless and obtained them from someone in a trade.Knowing they are worth more but just want to recop the money.Theres endless possabiltys,Why are some BP morphs worth like 80,000 and the highest the rarest cornsnake might go for, would probably be 2000? Theres the same amount of time involved and I think cornsnakes make better pets.I think BPs are shaped to close to Slugs!...;)
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I emailed the guy and asked him how he knows they are Tesseras and where he got them.. He said he knows they are Tessera because he bred them..
 
I saw this ad and was puzzled myself. I wonder how many of the tesseras made it into the mainstream? I also would have to say that both morphs the guy had for sale were striped motleys and nothing else, especially since the stripes were broken. He also only had one snow and one normal "tessera".
 
Hmmm

Ask for pictures of the rest of the clutch? Also,I bet over 90% of the buyers are people who will use them as breeders ,if you were just buying them as a pretty pet there are other morphs for alot cheaper that, almost look alike. Just as they are being questioned.
 
It can't logically be a Tessera- there just simply has not been enough time to produce F2s since their discovery.
Not only that but the stripe pattern of a Tessera is not erratic such as the one displayed.
 
This is my Tessera- I have no idea what he has, even if that is a morph of a Tessera but it sure isn't a normal morph Tessera. Tesseras are born darker than what mine is in the picture- not lighter.
 

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Tara80 said:
It can't logically be a Tessera- there just simply has not been enough time to produce F2s since their discovery.
Not only that but the stripe pattern of a Tessera is not erratic such as the one displayed.
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I don't know, I guess I'm not familiar with the history of the Tessera so I don't know when exactly the project started. But since it's a co-dom gene (or whatever, I'm not sure on the genetics), I suppose one would only need a Tessera male to be a couple years old to mate with a female of any kind and get Tessera babies.

Am I right in this thinking? I don't know, I'm really tired, going to bed :laugh:
 
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