What is my corn?

[Melissa32483]

So... I bought my first corn in the summer of 2006. She was a tiny little thing and I was told she was an albino. I knew nothing about snakes at the time. I signed up to this forum in Sept and weeks later took my corn to a different store to have her sexed. Turns out one of my suspicions was right. Mary was a male. So now she's Marco. Poor thing. I must've crushed his ego. Now I'm almost 100% sure he's not an albino either. I'm gonna leave it to you guys to judge. Also, please let me know if the mouse he's eating in the second picture is an ok size for him. He gobbles them down no problem but his belly is hugeee afterwards. Thanks.

 

[Melissa32483]

P.S. You can't see it very well in the pictures but he has thin white borders around his saddles.

 

[Chester'sDad]

He appears to be an Amel. Amel is the correct term I believe, but many people still use Albino.

 

[Melissa32483]

He appears to be an Amel. Amel is the correct term I believe, but many people still use Albino.

Someone also said reverse oaketee or possibly albino oaketee or albino reverse oaketee? LoL I don't knowww. I'm not even sure what they look like though. I'm such a negligent snake owner. I don't even know what he is. (

 

[Pretty1234me]

Im still learning to identify snakes, but your snake looks like a creamsicle to me

 

[TripleMoonsExotic]

This is a Reverse Okeetee / Albino Okeetee (compliments of South Mountain Reptiles):

 

[El Jefe]

Looks like an albino (amel) to me. Might have some emoryi blood (i.e. creamsicle look) in there....you never know.

 

[Melissa32483]

This is a Reverse Okeetee / Albino Okeetee (compliments of South Mountain Reptiles):

Yea that's def not my snake!

 

[Melissa32483]

Looks like an albino (amel) to me. Might have some emoryi blood (i.e. creamsicle look) in there....you never know.

I can identify him better down the road by breeding him and going by the hatchlings so long as I know the females genetics, right? I feel so horrible not knowing for sure what he is. And the pet store I bought him from breeds hundreds of snakes a year and mis-informed me in the first place.

 

[El Jefe]

Chances are he is a plain ole albino.

If he does have emoryi blood you would not be able to really tell as it is not genetically determined visually. You could say it has the look, but the only 100% sure way would be to know the parents or attempt genetic analysis through bloodwork...which may not even be possible. Breeding him to an albino and producing albinos would only show he has the albino gene. Who knows what other genes may be lurking....