What is this snake?

[TonySr]

Hi, I'm new to corn snakes. I know this is amelanistic, not sure of morph.
Thanks for the help.

 

[Susan]

Sorry, but the link hasn't been properly put in your post so we can't see the image. Click Here For Help

 

[bitsy]

I know this is amelanistic, not sure of morph

"Amelanistic" is a morph, which might answer the question?

 

[waldo]

Its just a regular amel from the looks of it.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1148/1437032398_8bf39d35b6_o.jpg

 

[tyflier]

It's nearly impossible to tell from a picture that is so far away and hard to see. But it does appear to be a regular amelanistic corn.

And as Susan said..."amel" is a morph...the "original" morph, if you will. It is a recessive gene state...

 

[TonySr]

Thank you all for repling. Will work on terminology. Not very computer literite, know how to turn it on and simple things. Not used to forums. Anyway here is another attempt to show pics which may help. Trying to put name to Mel, is he creamsicle or something else? Been looking at pics of corn snakes with different morph (I guess) names and was trying to identify Mel.
Here is address:

 

[TonySr]

I clicked on my link and it seemed to work. What is reputation icon and what's it for?

 

[TonySr]

Susan, on your linked web site under morphs you show different, what you call variations, of amelanistic corns. In the right column second pic down is a snake very similar to what mine looks like. Is there a name for this variation?
Thank you for your help.

Tony

 

[tyflier]

Looks like a regular amelanistic corn, to me. Doesn't appear to have any special pattern mutations.

Also...a creamsicle is an intergrade between an amel cornsnake and an amel emoryi's ratsnake...

 

[susang]

Tony, sent you a pm with some answers. susang

 

[MerlinsPop]

Tony... I never could get pictures to work right from flickr, so with Corny Noob's patient tutilage I switched to photobucket and it worked great. Except for me not making the picture smaller, and putting in the IMG commands twice...

 

[TonySr]

Hello, MerlinsPop, thank you for the information. I believe I have worked out the link to photos problem, but will check out photobucket.

Tony

 

[TonySr]

Hello, Tyflier, thanks for the info concerning creamsicles. Have been looking at many photos of corms, focusing on amels that when I went to Susan's web site I just happened to see a picture of an amel that could be my corn, Mel, and was curious to know if that variety of corn had a particular name.

 

[TonySr]

Finally figured out how to get an image in my post. It didn't say anything about saving changes, duh! Can anyone explain to me why Mel would not be considered Motley or Reverse Okeetee (RO). See I'm getting there slowly but surely.

 

[Sanebedlam]

The pattern is that of a normal corn snake and the coloration is amel if that helps. Looks almost exactly like my little guy! Congrats on a gorgeous snake!

 

[TonySr]

Thanks Sanebedlam, the same to you. Lived (stationed) in San Diego in late 60's, beautiful out there.

 

[Sanebedlam]

Thanks Sanebedlam, the same to you. Lived (stationed) in San Diego in late 60's, beautiful out there.

Of course I had much of the same confusion when i was trying to ID my little guy. What branch were you? I am active duty USCG

 

[TonySr]

Navy, boot camp and school NTC San Diego, 1st duty station Kodiak Alaska, last two years on board USS Constellation CVA64, I was a Radioman.

 

[tyflier]

OK...let's see if I can help a little bit...

"Motley" is a recessive gene combination that alters the look of the pattern on a corns back. This is a motley pattern on a butter:

And the motley pattern on an anerythristic:

Your snake is not "displaying" the motley pattern. Yours is displaying a very clean, but "normal" pattern.

A Reverse Okeetee is an amel that has been specifically chosen because of it's very thick white borders...exactly the opposite of an Okeetee, which has thick black borders, thus the term, Reverse Okeetee.

Here is a nice example from Don Soderberg over at South Mountain Reptiles(cornsnake.net) :

Yours does not show that coloration either. This leads me to say that your snake is a plain amel. Now...don't take offense when I say "plain", because it is a beautiful snake, and a fine example of what an Amel *should* look like. But it doesn't show anything to distinguish it in terms of pattern or line breeding. It is "just" an amel.

 

[susang]

I could see why you might think RO and she may be. Here is a pic of my adult RO, the white borders are thick white well defined. Pic two is my adult male amel and #3 is my adult female amel. While it looks confusing because number three appears to have a lot of white it is not as defined as #1.