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"Volcano" corn project...pics

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Kris

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Some of you might remember a heated debate a couple years ago about someone up here in Canada breeding what he called Volcano corns. He claims that the original specimen was wild caught, and simply exhibited extremely high amount of red coloration, but was never deemed to be part of a bloodred (diffused, whatever!) line. The trait was never deemed to be recessive or codominant, or dominant, and he simply stated that the offspring portrayed differing amounts of red, more so when it was homozygous, but still some when it was heterozygous.
Anyway, I was curious, so I bought one. My boyfriend calls him Eduardo. I should ask him if I'm spelling that right...

This is Eduardo when I first got him back in 03:
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this is his belly back then... it hasn't really changed...
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Here's Eduardo now:
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And this is his date for this spring:
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Am I the only one curious to see what their kids look like?
cheers,
Kris
in Mtl.
 
I have been waiting to get a volanco corn, but apparently, the waiting list is long. You are so lucky!
 
Hediki:
It hasn't been proven that a Volcano is "mixed" with anything. Personally, I think it has some bloodred influence, which is why I'm curious to see what happens when I cross him with my bloodred (yes, that's a bloodred Bluebeard).

No, he doesn't really have a "sheen" on him, that's just sunlight glinting off his scales.

I'll keep everyone posted,
Kris
 
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Everything sure does point to Bloodred doesn’t it. Your test breeding project will be anxiously awaited by many, including myself. I tried to obtain a group of them from the breeder, but was forgotten in 04.

I have a few small photos of “Volcano” Corns, that came from its creator. They are not very good, but they do look a great deal like Bloods. The larger photo is one of Simons. He is planning on test breeding him to a Blood as well in 05.

Your Volcano Corn seems to be a Het and not Homo. The belly pattern even looks like a Het Blood belly pattern. It does seem odd, that two different genes would act in exactly the same way, but it is possible. Look at how many hypo genes we have.

It is odd that it has never been test bred to a Blood, which definitely causes a lot of suspicion. Perhaps he has came up with the perfect name for “Bloodreds” that so many people object to. LOL

It would be nice if his wild caught story could be verified. This would be very nice info no matter what a Volcano Corn turned out to be. It would be nice to know if this is a wild population color at like Okeetees or Miamis .
 

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Joe, you are absolutely right, and I should have mentioned that. My "Volcano" is the product of a Volcano actually bred to an Anery I believe, so he is a Het. Darren had a few of them at that particular show back in 03 that were hets, and I picked the one that had the belly pattern most resembling a bloodred outcross, for obvious reasons ;)

Thanks for asking, or I would have totally forgotten to mention it...
Kris
 
tat2d1 said:
i was under the impression that a Volcano Corn was an outcrossed bloodred. is that wrong?
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Here is a link to the discription of the Volcano Corn by its creator. It is not clear what it is really. It seems to have the same pattern and color of a Bloodred, except perhaps they have more red on their bellies. In private email to the creator, he told me that he planned on test breeding it to a Bloodred, but he never has.

http://www.thereptilerainforest.com/Volcanocorn.html
 
Eduardo sure is an odd looking guy isn't he? Is he really brown and tan with a slight reddish cast to him?
 
Not really, his saddles are dark red, and his ground colors are a sort of burnt orange. He doesn't seem to have any saddle borders, and it's neat the way his ground color and saddle colors really sort of blend together.
I'll try and get some better pics of him this weekend, but that one actually is pretty accurate as to his coloring, it was taken with natural light.

Thanks,
Kris
 
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