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What is my little guy?

ammie7588

ammie7588

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Hello all! I got my very first corn snake this past October & couldn't be more in love with him! He is adorable and a great little eater. I'm just curious as to what he would be classified as... I never knew that there were so many colors of corn snakes! Blizzard, Oketee, amel, caramel etc etc.... My little Malakai has a grayish background with spots of Red-orange on him. Hopefully the picture I add on here works so you all can see him and maybe tell me what the proper term for his coloring is.
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Here's another one of him helping me write this post... he wants to know what he is too!

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You can also see him really well in my avatar, he's so flippin' cute!

Thanks in advance for your advice
:)
 
Welcome to the forums! To my eye he looks like a nice little Miami/Miami phase.
Miami is a variant of a normal corn, just line bred to have a cleaner gray/silver background vs. the normal brownish/orangish background on regular normals. Similar to how Okeetees are a normal corn that is line bred for the thicker borders and more vibrant colors.

Miami's are one of my favorite morphs...

Here are a few pics of mine for comparison:
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Both of them were bred by Carol Huddleston who produces some of the nicest Miamis around.

I also have this girl - Clementine who is a Miami phase. Her color isn't quite gray/silver enough to be a Miami, but she isn't quite as brown/orange as a regular normal:
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Only time will tell as he gets bigger as to how he fits with the Miami theme or if he is just a beautifully colored normal.
 
Thanks!

Awesome! I hope he turns out to be a Miami because your snakes are gorgeous! I know that his color will change as he gets older, but I was a bit worried that he would get more and more orange as he grew and I would lose that cool silvery background he has. I also love his belly, even though you can't see it in the pics, it's a dark and light checkerboard style.
 
ammie7588 said:
Awesome! I hope he turns out to be a Miami because your snakes are gorgeous! I know that his color will change as he gets older, but I was a bit worried that he would get more and more orange as he grew and I would lose that cool silvery background he has. I also love his belly, even though you can't see it in the pics, it's a dark and light checkerboard style.
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It can be hard to tell how they will change as they grow - some of them look very much like Miamis when they are that young and as they grow they look more like normals. But some retain that wonderful gray background...

I love hime I want one? Know anyone?
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I picked up Clementine at a reptile show. She isn't a great example of a Miami but I love her dearly.
In my humble opinion - Carol Huddleston at LowBelly Reptiles produces the most beautiful Miami's around. Both Casey and Dinah (the other two posted above) are from her. She is a member here. When breeding season starts she usually posts waiting lists for her clutches. If you want a gorgeous Miami - try to get on one of her waiting lists.
 
anyone know what my snake is? i just got it and i think the guy from petco said it was a snow, that's a type of albino right? his pic is my avitar.
 
Scattered- you would do better to make your own topic as well as post the actual picture.
But so far I see a red snake which could never be a snow.
 
Hello and Welcome Aimee!

In my humble opinion, he's what I call the great "Adorable" morph..... :D Really, I love his color! All kidding aside, it's completely impossible to tell, however if I were to venture a guess based upon what he looks like right now I'd have to agree with AA - Miami-esque :D

It's really half the fun of these guys, they change SO much and you just never know how they'll turn out. I love looking back at my progression pictures!

One of my most favorite girls I got from a petstore. She looked like a standard Anery but I fell in LOVE with her personality. Curious and very sweet natured. After her first year she darkened up a LOT, when I bred her last year she wound up being het for Amel, Hypo AND Motley! That was a fun clutch to watch hatch, for sure!

Congrats Aimee... he's a cutie!

-Tonya
 
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