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| Red123 |
Posted - 11/08/2011 : 18:57:42
I've been thinking about the colouring of the carolina/wild/normal corn snake. In captivity they vary greatly in colouring but do they have such a variation in colour in their natural habitat? I am a great fan of all animals in their natural wild type colouring whether its a snake, lizard, rabbit or whatever. I would like to know just how close the colouring of the captive corns are to their ancestors. Thanks. |
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| Sta~ple |
Posted - 14/08/2011 : 08:22:53
There's apprently a the biggest population in Cornwall/Devon, probably survive there better as it is warmer there. Bete there loads in London though too!
It may effect the colour of "wild corns" in the UK but we'll ahve to see. Heck I bet if you gave it several hundrend years a new species/subspecies would emerge. |
| Red123 |
Posted - 13/08/2011 : 21:47:38
This would not affect the colour of the true wild corn though would it as a population of wild corns would have to already be established for it to have effect surely. |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 13/08/2011 : 20:47:19
just think how many 'lost snake' threads there are (not just here on TCS) and how many do actually survive out there!! |
| Red123 |
Posted - 13/08/2011 : 18:18:56
Really? What areas of the UK are you talking about? |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 13/08/2011 : 16:12:22
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Originally posted by Red123
I suppose some irresponsible owners may set their captive corns free (obviously not in this country) if they no longer wanted them and this would also lead to different morphs being in the wild and maybe altering the overall colouring of the wild corn?
What do you mean not in this country? Many people here dop set them free and they are living quite well in England in the wild! |
| Red123 |
Posted - 13/08/2011 : 08:45:36
I suppose some irresponsible owners may set their captive corns free (obviously not in this country) if they no longer wanted them and this would also lead to different morphs being in the wild and maybe altering the overall colouring of the wild corn? |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 12/08/2011 : 13:36:28
wasn't the recently 'discovered' palmetto a WC snake? |
| mikerichards |
Posted - 12/08/2011 : 13:14:43
Genetic normals are just that. There will be variations in the wild, the same way there are variations in captivity, no two snakes are exactly the same, being in captivity isnt going to have an impact on what a 'normal' looks like. There are even colour morphs in the wild, after all, thats essentially where they all came from, someone found something that looked different, and bred it to see if it could be produced again, same way snakes in the wild have bred and produced colour morphs, mostly albinos, producing a quadruple morph in the wild is gonna take a little more than luck! |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 11/08/2011 : 19:47:50
as far as i'm aware the wild-types are just that - the colourings you'd get in the wild
obviously under 'wild type' are various different localities with specific colouring eg. miami's with a grey background and orangey-red saddles |
