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What corn is this ?
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Darin Chappell
Very Senior Hillbilly
What you have is an Elaphe guttata guttata (a corn snake), and it is amelanistic. Amelanistic (amel) is simply a terem from the Greek language that means "no black pigment." We just don't call them "missing black" like you all apparently do in the Netherlands.
Other Greek origin words are:
anerythristic -- "no red pigment"
hypomelanisitc -- "reduced black pigment"
xanthic -- "yellow pigment"
axanthic -- "no yellow pigment"
These last two are not used to describe actual corn morphs as of yet, but they are used quite a bit with other species.
Hope this helps, and nice amel you have there!
Other Greek origin words are:
anerythristic -- "no red pigment"
hypomelanisitc -- "reduced black pigment"
xanthic -- "yellow pigment"
axanthic -- "no yellow pigment"
These last two are not used to describe actual corn morphs as of yet, but they are used quite a bit with other species.
Hope this helps, and nice amel you have there!
Darin Chappell
Very Senior Hillbilly
Oh, it may well be considered a reverse okeetee by some, and I would certainly never argue with anyone over it. Personally, I like to see more white borders that go all the way up to the head, but that's just my personal opinion.
I was really referring to the genetics of the animal. And, as we know, sunglow, reverse okeetee, red candy cane, and orange candy cane are all just line-bred variations of the same genetic mutation: Amelanism.
I was really referring to the genetics of the animal. And, as we know, sunglow, reverse okeetee, red candy cane, and orange candy cane are all just line-bred variations of the same genetic mutation: Amelanism.