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Question About Strange Snow Corns

John Albrecht

John Albrecht

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I had a AMEL x SNOW clutch which produced plenty of the obvious amels and snows.

But in this clutch of about 20 is a pair of snows that have a lot of orange showing between the blotches like a line going down the back. Almost like a weak orange highlighter run right down the dorsal for the length of them. Other than this line they are pink just like all the other snows.

I'm not very into amels or snows so I'm expecting that this is something common out there these days that I'm just not up on. I've had the adults for other breedings for a while but I don't know anything further about the genetics of them.

Anybody seen anything like this before?

Thanks!

-John Albrecht
 
They could be amels with late developing pigment. But a picture or two would definitely help.
 
Duff said:
They could be amels with late developing pigment. But a picture or two would definitely help.
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If they're showing orange at that stage I'd agree with the amel assessment.
 
Is it more orange or pink?
It could be a high pink snow:
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or if both were het anery they could be coral snows.
 
I have an Amel het Anery x Snow pair that very occasionally throw some pale Amels when they first hatch - some are almost a Snow white colour but with faint traces of orange on the saddles. They seem very distinct from both the standard Amels and Snows from the same clutch.

However, after a couple of sheds, they start to colour up and by a couple of months old they look like regular Amels.

If you have room and don't have to sell them immediately, hang on to a couple and see what happens - my bet is that you have Amels with late-developing pigment.
 
thanks for the assist guys

Some good thoughts here..

DebCash,, my pair look similar to the 2nd picture that you are showing. Maybe mine have slightly more vibrant orange... but is similar....

I suck at photography but I will try to do a picture here in the next day or so

-John
 
Years ago my Amelanistic Okeetee line would on occasion throw animals that looked midway between an Amelanistic and a Snow. Sounds much as what you are describing. Seen other people come up with the same thing here and there.

Without exception (that I have heard about anyway), all of those turned into regular Amelanistics after a few sheds. It was much like they were just late bloomers getting their typical colors.

But yeah some good pics would go a long way to get some help here.... :)
 
debcash said:
or if both were het anery they could be coral snows.
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You mean het hypo don't you? Both parents would have to be het anery at least to produce ANY snows at all.
 
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Oh... that is a very good point... hypo is so common now that the parents could have both been het for that.. I think this makes the most sense... but if it was true... how would i tell if they were triple homozygous? I could only see this on the doubles (amel & hypo) right?

-John
 
OK... Here's the pic....

Finally got it... I've got some GREAT snakes.. but my photography has sucked for a long time! hehe...

-John
 

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That's a beautiful snake. I'd be willing to wager it's a super light amel. A few sheds should let you know for certain. :grin01:

:cheers:
 
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Funny thing is... out of 20.. i have almost perfect clutch... 9 snows, 9 amels. and 2 of these things... seems like statistically it's an additional recessive something or other.
 
Ah - that photo is what mine look like. Can you hang onto the critter for a couple of months? I still think it's going to prove to be an Amel with the orange coming through later, but it'd be really interesting if it turned out to be something different.
 
How 'bout a lil more info. on the parents and few pics of them...Your photography doesnt suck THAT bad, John ;)
 
all i hve

really, i've never kept good track of the genetics on my amels or snows. I was using them as crosses for other things.

what i have given is all i know...
 
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