Well stated Neumann!
I have read the posts on the Okeetee issue and they are numerious and long. Sometimes you really just want to tell people to relax. But it is good to see some true passion in life. Even if it is over a snake that may or may not cross over a county line.
babbaloo99,
His explination of "Okeetee phase" holds true for other phases like miami. The miami phase corn has a certain look similar to those corns found in the miami area. Grey or tan background with a nice red saddle. You can cook dinner every day for three years and that doesn't make you a chef. Just because a corn snake is from miami doesn't make it a miami phase
As far as the reverse okeetee and the amel question..... This is a bit tricky to identify. I would venture to say that the reverse okeetee has larger white boarders in with the red and orange with an emphasis on the bright orange color. Rich Z at serpenco has this printed on his web site when speaking of the florescent orange "This year I have combined the lines of the Amelanistic Okeetee with the Fluorescent Oranges. They are so similar looking that there is little reason to continue offering both of them." As I understand it, His florescent orange came from "normal phase" amel's. There were a few that looked a little off, and he held them back and selective bred them to each other and got this florescent orange..... And it just so happens that they look very similar to a reverse okeetee. So.... if you mated one of these "florescent orange" snakes to a[n okeetee would you get an okeetee phase? I don't know, but I would imagine that you would. With this logic you could breed two "normals" and get an okeetee. I think Darwin would agree with that.
Now the cremecicles. As you know, these are not pure corns. They are beautiful. And the good specamines hold true to their name. You will see an orange fla-vor-ice with some cream. They are emory rat snake and corn snake mix and they are pretty (but I don't think I will own any). These make great gifts for UT fans.
The butters should be very strong on the yellow. No red and really not much white. Just creamy shades of yellow. I guess that if it has thick white borders you could call it a reverse okeetee butter.
My advise is to really go the the pages at
www.serpenco.com and
www.conrsnakes.net and study and read about the morphs. You will catch on and learn alot about it.
A good rule of thumb for purchasing is that, "If it is being sold as an okeetee and you can't understand why.... dont buy it!" You don't want to pay more for a snakes that is called a reversee Okeetee when it looks like a vanilla Amel to you.
Happy herpin',
Aaron
