What am i :S ?

[Vicic17]

This corn snake was sold to me as a Miami, and i paid quite a bit extra based on that fact, however somebody who has much more knowledge about snakes made some pretty good points to suggest he was a normal. this concerns me because i may have paid double what they were selling their normals for.

let me know what you think i appreciate your expertise and input! thank you

 

[Vicic17]

*edit.

somebody made good points to suggest that in their opinion he MAY be a normal.

 

[whoty]

Looks like a Crimson(hypo miami) to me .

 

[Vicic17]

I'm sorry, I have only been researching snakes for about 2 weeks now, and owning for 1 week, can you explain the reasoning behind this, as well as the 'hypo' part?

 

[K. Rene]

Hypo means reduced black pigmentation.

This is an awesome site to help you determine morphs
http://iansvivarium.com/cornsnakemorphs.php

Kathy Loves book also explains quite a bit about where the different morphs originated from.
http://www.amazon.com/Corn-Snakes-C...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283196914&sr=8-1

 

[caramia12]

I agree, it's either a miami or hypo miami.

 

[ceduke]

Sure looks like a Miami to me. A Miami is a type of Normal. Could be hypo too, which would make it a crimson.

 

[Cornparadise]

It's definitely a Miami. Basically a Miami is a normal cornsnake only with nearly silver/grey background and reddish saddles.

 

[wstphal]

Looks like a Miami to me. Not that I'm an expert but I stared at a whole bunch of Carol's Miamis at Daytona!

 

[carnivorouszoo]

I have to agree that it looks like a nicely red miami or a clean crimson. In my experience with normals their saddles are more brown or mohogany colored with orange spots at least half way down in between the saddles. This later fills in so the background color is orange. Wowser snake you have there!

 

[MysticExotics]

My guess is Hypo Miami (Crimson).

 

[abell82]

Looks banded.

 

[TandJ]

I would think it looks Miamish, but it is rather young and the saddles are very light to begin with...

This one is a little older than the one you pictured, not what I will call the best example of Miami Phase, but what we should commonly expect..

 

[rolandslf]

You are a Homo sapien. :laugh01:

The snake is a Miami Corn.

 

[Vicic17]

Hahaha, Roland, thank you very much, i had been searching for myself, trying to understand what i was, and now i know! Cheers.