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Color morph question

Nataiani88

Nataiani88

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Hello! I just got my new hatchling corn a few days ago. When I was buying her, the guy said she was an amel. I don't think so. She is looking like either an amel cinder, an opal or a snow. But I need help telling which one of these she is. I'm also new to this site and don't know how to upload a pic that I have on my phone. She is pink and white like the hatchling colors of the three I mentioned aboved and doesn't have a complete ventral pattern. Can anyone help me out in figuring which color morph my hatchling is? Please and thank you!
 
Amels have a wide variation in color. Also, it can take awhile for much of the color to come in and very young amels can look like snows, opals and peppermints. How old is your new hatchling? There is a possibility that the breeder mis-identified your hatchling and it's a snow, and I seriously doubt it's an opal or peppermint (if so, you got a great deal!).

Here are links to several threads about how to put a photo in your post:
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/faq.php?faq=vb3_reading_posting#faq_vb3_attachments
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117037&highlight=photos
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69210&highlight=attach
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68844&highlight=attach
 
If your snake looks like one of the photos, it IS an amel. Amelanism is the recessive gene which results in a lack of melanin (black pigment). Amels have been bred for specific patterns for years, yielding variants such as candycanes (enhanced white backgrounds), fluorescents (intense oranges and reds with some white saddle borders), and sunglows (no white saddle borders but VERY ORANGE).
 
I have had an amel before, and this one is old enough to where the orange color would be visible by now. I believe the hatchling is around two months old. Almost big enough for upgrade from pinkies to small fuzzies.
 
It's hard for us to help you identify it without a picture to go off of.

It is possibly a snow.

I highly doubt it is a peppermint (amel cinder)
 
Nataiani88 said:
I have had an amel before, and this one is old enough to where the orange color would be visible by now. I believe the hatchling is around two months old. Almost big enough for upgrade from pinkies to small fuzzies.
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Candy canes are bred to not show orange.
 
Hopefully you can post a picture soon so we can tell for sure, but from the description, I'm going to agree with those that said possibly a snow.
 
I'm going to get some pics from my phone onto photobucket so I can post them on here. So I'll have some pics up soon
 
Ok, I have tried and tried with photobucket and nothing is working. How do you guys post pics on here? I don't have a computer. I'm doing all this via iPhone.
 
Ok, I just posted a link for the pic. Please let me know if you need another one or two of my hatchling. Thanks!
 
Nataiani88 said:
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There! I fixed it! :D

Looks like a snow to me.
 
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