What morph is this?

[leaveittoweaver]

So I just joined and I've had people comment on my corn snakes coloration before and I'm just wondering what morph you think he is, I'm kinda thinking an outcrossed bloodred?

And sorry about the feeding picture if it bothers anyone, but its the best one I have of his belly. His belly also is completely orange halfway down but I don't have a picture of that.

 

[ArpeggioAngel]

Not a bloodred - bloodreds have no belly checkers at all.
He looks like a really richly colored normal/classic cornsnake.

 

[leaveittoweaver]

What color are the bloodreds bellies?

Cause like I said, it's really weird that half his belly is solid orange heh.

 

[jesserca]

Here's a good link. There is a really good pic of a bloodred belly. http://iansvivarium.com/morphguide/diffused/

 

[leaveittoweaver]

Ahhh okay. Yeah that's not what his belly looks like but I will have to get a good picture of it cause it's still really interesting how it goes from the checkered to the solid. Is that a normal thing?

Thanks

And he actually looks a lot like this one on the page you linked:
http://iansvivarium.com/morphguide/diffused/images/diffused adult.JPG

Just not the same belly obviously.

 

[ArpeggioAngel]

There can be a good deal of variation on the checkers/colors on a cornsnake belly.
But any cornsnakes with bloodred in the genes (granites, fires, etc) will have no belly checkers at all. Same with any cornsnake with motley or stripe patterns - no belly checkers.
It is possible - you wouldn't know unless you bred your snake - that he could be carrying the bloodred gene. Sometimes people think certain "markers" may identify if they carry it or not - sometimes a really rich red color, sometimes a split belly pattern (a distinctive line that separates the checkers), sometimes the solid color that shows up. It is not a guarantee that the snake is carrying that gene - but could possibly have it.

 

[Buzzard]

As a general rule, the tip top bloods do not have blk checkers. However it is possible to have black flakes/ speckles here and there. Here is DH's belly....

Many of my het Bloodred off spring have very similar patterns to yours. Its possible this is the case. However as pointed out by AprpeggioAngel breeding trails will have to be done to be certain.
Though the diffusion of the pattern can vary, I would say he is a very, handsome normal.

 

[leaveittoweaver]

That's exactly what my cornsnakes belly looks like! Well half of it anyways. He's checkered like in my picture, halfway down and then it's solid orangeish like that the rest of the way. If I was into breeding I'd certainly try breeding him to see what he produced.

 

[4riscorn]

The pic on the left is Blossom's...she is one of my hypos and the one on the right is Jitters' belly..he is a bloodred..still young so I can't wait to see how his will change with each shed. I love the little freckles. And I have no idea what Blossom is het for, but her belly could point to bloodred hets maybe??? Her belly is totally different that our other hypo-Venus...who looks like yours..see next post

 

[4riscorn]

Venus our first hypo

 

[Susan]

Color bleeding onto the belly, especially in the rear half of the snake, is not uncommon in not only normal corns, but also bloodreds, motleys and stripes, as well as occurring in the color morphs.

The first 2 examples I posted are normals, the next 2 are also normals, but are het bloodreds (checkers on lateral part of belly), and the last one is a ghost motley.

 

[K. Rene]

Gini- I want to steal Venus from you, she is GORGEOUS!!!

Susan- that first Normal has a perfect belly pattern

Original Poster- I think what you have there is a normal Hypo corn snake (hypo meaning reduced black pigment all over it's body) as someone else said it's possible that it may have blooded as a het. trait but only breeding trials would tell you for sure. It's a beautiful snake none the less. Here is a pic of my Bloodred's belly (no black anywhere and mild red diffusion) and the other is of my Hypo corn snakes belly (see how the black is depleted by yellow ish color)

 

[RavenSpirit360]

Your snake is definitely NOT a bloodred as others here have said.. it looks to be a nice classic corn, But I am leaning a bit more towards it being a hypo as they can have the faded out belly checks like that.. And also the reduced black on your snakes back also make me wanna say hypo... Pretty snake regardless

 

[Dreamsnake]

He looks like a normal or a possible hypo. You can call him a Carolina or a classic if you want to sound fancy.

 

[Tania]

Here are some belly pics of my normal/hypo female. They're not the best quality, but I hope you can see it a bit.

Greets Tania