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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 11/09/2012 : 17:56:01
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On one of my 'surf the internet for pretty corn snakes' sessions, I saw the term 'frosted' corn used but I don't think I've come across this before. What does it mean? Is it something to do with the paler 'frosting' on some of the saddles? Is it a hybrid thing? Just trying to learn more about it  |
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rubi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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rubi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
374 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2012 : 20:19:31
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| another sight sayd its a cross between corn and grey rat snake..resulting in white scales between the sadles (again not sure on reliability of this) |
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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3315 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2012 : 21:57:15
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| It's not on ians viv which is why I suspected how valid it was...I've found lots of strange sites many of which say different things so I'm a bit stumped tbh. Just wondered if anyone had heard of it before or if it is a different name for something else? |
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Thorne Walker
Yearling
Canada
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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3315 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2012 : 22:14:30
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| Oooh, that snake is pretty. Picture is from SMR too so maybe it is legit. |
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3315 Posts |
Posted - 12/09/2012 : 23:40:57
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| Thanks eeji Very interesting. My anery has a few scales on his saddles which are paler than the saddles themselves. He was sold to me as a corn, not a hybrid. Is there any way I can tell for sure? I can try to get some pictures up if it helps. I thought he was just a corn with imperfect saddles but now I am not so sure. |
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Isoldael
Yearling
Netherlands
999 Posts |
Posted - 13/09/2012 : 15:27:43
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| I think having lighter scales along the center of the saddle is pretty normal ^^ |
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Razee
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2525 Posts |
Posted - 13/09/2012 : 17:15:10
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There is a picture and an article in Bill and Kathy Love's book The Corn Snake Manual - I could re type what it says but it's long and I'd probably be breaking some copyrights laws... basically, it describes a snake with white speckling, where the colour on each scale is concentrated just to the middle of each scale, so overall it looks " frosted " . There were several strains involved, one of which was a cross with a grey rat snake. This line was then " retired " in favour of the other " pure " guttata strain.
Don't forget this is just one opinion from one book, and there's probably new and more up to date info elsewhere... just thought I'd put it here, in case you have the book. |
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
4335 Posts |
Posted - 13/09/2012 : 19:12:27
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Originally posted by Moppet
Thanks eeji Very interesting. My anery has a few scales on his saddles which are paler than the saddles themselves. He was sold to me as a corn, not a hybrid. Is there any way I can tell for sure? I can try to get some pictures up if it helps. I thought he was just a corn with imperfect saddles but now I am not so sure.
unfortunately theres no way to tell unless you know the ancestry. The same effect can also be seen in pure corns so its not always a sign of a hybrid (and the other way too, not all corn x grey hybrids have frosting) |
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smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17/09/2012 : 07:50:12
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| Oooh frosted's sure are pretty! |
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What is frosted?
