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Isoldael
Yearling

Netherlands
999 Posts

Posted - 16/10/2012 :  12:55:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Just wondering - are there any telltale signs to look for if you want to distinguish pure corns from hybrids? Looking at pictures tells me little to nothing, so I'm wondering if there's anything I'm missing :)

1.0 anery stripe (Nash)
1.0 hypo pewter (Loki)
1.0 bloodred het amel, charcoal, hypo, stripe 50% phet anery, lavender (Kasumi)
0.1 grey background normal het amel (Saphira)
0.1 tessera het amel, anery, stripe (Lilith)
0.1 amel (Aurora)
0.1 hypo bloodred het anery, charcoal, stripe 50% phet amel, lavender (Mara)

oakleyman18
Yearling

828 Posts

Posted - 16/10/2012 :  14:51:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
To me it's usually head shape, patterns (especially near the top end of the snake) and scales that give it away.. Colours can be difficult to use in determining origin as most snakes look different anyway! Polymorphism is everywhere!



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0.1.0. Tessera het Caramel Diffused Hypo ph Amel Anery CB'12 "Cassi", 0.1.0. Diffused Powder CB'12 "Ruby"
0.1.0. Normal Stripe, het Hypo, Amel, Lavender CB'11 "Amber", 1.0.0. Lavender Stripe het Diffused Anery Amel Hypo CB'11 "Pluto"
1.0.0. Hypo Opal Ph Stripe CB'12 "Hops", 1.0.0. Caramel Stripe het Amel CB'08 "Jasper", 1.0.0. Opal Stripe het Anery CB'09 "Topaz"
0.1.0. Amel Stripe het Caramel CB'09 "Poppy", 0.1.0. Tessera het Amel Lavender Stripe ph Diffused Hypo Anery CB'12 "Amethyst"
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Isoldael
Yearling

Netherlands
999 Posts

Posted - 16/10/2012 :  15:12:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
When you say head shape, do you have any examples of the difference between a pure corn and a rootbeer? Is the head wider? Or something else?

1.0 anery stripe (Nash)
1.0 hypo pewter (Loki)
1.0 bloodred het amel, charcoal, hypo, stripe 50% phet anery, lavender (Kasumi)
0.1 grey background normal het amel (Saphira)
0.1 tessera het amel, anery, stripe (Lilith)
0.1 amel (Aurora)
0.1 hypo bloodred het anery, charcoal, stripe 50% phet amel, lavender (Mara)
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eeji
The Morph Master

United Kingdom
4335 Posts

Posted - 16/10/2012 :  19:37:17  Show Profile  Visit eeji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I can never tell the difference in head shape if there is one :( The most obvious is the colour (more brownish than orange/red), BUT this of course will depend a lot on the percentage of each species and its often impossible to tell.



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Isoldael
Yearling

Netherlands
999 Posts

Posted - 16/10/2012 :  20:29:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'm starting to wonder if my Saphira could be a rootbeer - some of the pics on ians viv look a lot like her. Then again... so do some of the pics of the normal morphs. Confusing! :p

1.0 anery stripe (Nash)
1.0 hypo pewter (Loki)
1.0 bloodred het amel, charcoal, hypo, stripe 50% phet anery, lavender (Kasumi)
0.1 grey background normal het amel (Saphira)
0.1 tessera het amel, anery, stripe (Lilith)
0.1 amel (Aurora)
0.1 hypo bloodred het anery, charcoal, stripe 50% phet amel, lavender (Mara)
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Razee
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
2525 Posts

Posted - 16/10/2012 :  20:30:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I would like to know, too. I always read people talking about head shape and different scales on the head, but I've never actually seen it described in what way it's different.
Still, makes me feel better if eeji can't tell , either :-)

0.1.0 late CB10 Carolina corn snake - Bazilishka
1.0.0 CB11 Abbots Okeetee- Little Twiddler
1.0.0 CB11 Hypo corn- Sebastianek
1.0.0. CB14 Butter Motley - Squidwood
0.0.2 CB18 normal/ Okeetee yearlings Bunny and Lalalishka
0.0.1 hognose
0.1.0 stable cat
0.1.0 house cat
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Donnie
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
3215 Posts

Posted - 16/10/2012 :  20:33:06  Show Profile  Click to see Donnie's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Here are a few pics of my rootbeer if it helps

when I first got him (March this year)


taken in May


taken in July





1.1 Corns (Anery Stripe, Amel) 1.0 Rootbeer 0.2 Jungle Carpet Python 1.0 Zebra Jungle Carpet Python 1.0 50% Diamond Zebra Carpet Python
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Isoldael
Yearling

Netherlands
999 Posts

Posted - 17/10/2012 :  10:21:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks for the pics, Donnie! I still don't really know what to look for, but it helps anyway :)

1.0 anery stripe (Nash)
1.0 hypo pewter (Loki)
1.0 bloodred het amel, charcoal, hypo, stripe 50% phet anery, lavender (Kasumi)
0.1 grey background normal het amel (Saphira)
0.1 tessera het amel, anery, stripe (Lilith)
0.1 amel (Aurora)
0.1 hypo bloodred het anery, charcoal, stripe 50% phet amel, lavender (Mara)
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