Some pictures of Nova

[mcnally_bean]

Here is a picture of my newest addition. I got her 3 days ago.

That is the only decent picture I got of her. I want her to settle in first and feed well... tonight is feeding night!

Brandon

 

[Piper]

Very nice markings on her :cheers:

 

[Roy Munson]

Nice motley, Brandon. My favorite mots are the ones with the heavy "Q-tipping", and Nova's sure got that. :cheers:

 

[mcnally_bean]

Thank ya'll though I can't take credit for mother natures work.

Q-tipping? I haven't heard of this term, what do you mean by that?

Brandon

P.S. Good to see nothing from some past post have damaged anything Roy. Look foward to talking once again.

 

[Roy Munson]

Q-tipping? I haven't heard of this term, what do you mean by that?

Most non-banded motleys have those little ovals of groundcolor between the pattern along the spine. When these ovals are elongated into stripes, often with bulbous ends, some call these elongated ovals "Q-tips". Nova has at least four of these, and then the clean tail too.

P.S. Good to see nothing from some past post have damaged anything Roy. Look foward to talking once again.

Of course not! I can be a jerk, but I'm really not about dwelling on differences. We both came to this site because we love corn snakes. Since we have that in common, I'd rather concentrate on that similarity.

 

[gwb8568]

would that then mean that it has stripe genes in it and it's just called a "q-tip" pattern? like a motley het. stripe, or would that be totally wrong or impossible. don't think i have ever heard it before, but just curious to learn something.

 

[Roy Munson]

would that then mean that it has stripe genes in it and it's just called a "q-tip" pattern? like a motley het. stripe, or would that be totally wrong or impossible. don't think i have ever heard it before, but just curious to learn something.

Nope. It doesn't have to have the stripe gene associated with it. There are even "striped motleys" that don't necessarily have anything to do with the stripe gene. Motley is now considered by most to be dominant to stripe, and they're on the same locus. So a mot het stripe is really heterozygous for both genes, but only expressing the dominant motley gene.

 

[mcnally_bean]

Most non-banded motleys have those little ovals of groundcolor between the pattern along the spine. When these ovals are elongated into stripes, often with bulbous ends, some call these elongated ovals "Q-tips". Nova has at least four of these, and then the clean tail too.

Of course not! I can be a jerk, but I'm really not about dwelling on differences. We both came to this site because we love corn snakes. Since we have that in common, I'd rather concentrate on that similarity.

Oh alright. Thanks for the feedback!

And completly agreed! Corn snakes... and then well I have my ball pythons aswell!

Look what snakes can do!

Brandon

 

[gwb8568]

Nope. It doesn't have to have the stripe gene associated with it. There are even "striped motleys" that don't necessarily have anything to do with the stripe gene. Motley is now considered by most to be dominant to stripe, and they're on the same locus. So a mot het stripe is really heterozygous for both genes, but only expressing the dominant motley gene.

thank you........*stores away in cluttered brain* "motley over-rides stripe"

 

[Mrs InsaneOne]

Beautiful motley you have there! Her pattern is neat!


Jenn

 

[Raiden The Almighty]

Great looking snake Im a sucker for an amel motley.

 

[mcnally_bean]

Thanks Ya'll.

Just to point out she is a stripe motley thats why her patter is so "neat". If you look along her sides she has two more lines one on both sides... I like it when the two patterns of Motley and stripe mix together.

I am sucker as well!

Brandon