Blood Red Corn Snake

Blood Red Corn Snake. Bloodred Corn Snake Hatchling Initially, the corn snake gene mutation, Diffusion (formerly called Bloodred) was described as being recessively inherited, but many of the F 1 generational hetero zygotes exhibited some of the obvious features of the gene mutation homo zygotes They originated when breeding the Jacksonville, Florida and Gainesville, Florida strains of corn snakes

Lavender Bloodred Corn Snake
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Ghost Bloodreds are a combination of the Anerythristic A, Hypomelanistic (Hypo A) and Bloodred genes It does not have any of the markings of a corn snake but has a solid, blood-red color

Lavender Bloodred Corn Snake

The bloodred gene also eliminates the belly checkers The body of a diffused corn will have typical saddle placement, but the saddles will fade down the sides of the corn snake As might be easily surmised from the name, this particular cultivar of corn snake is readily identified (at least as an adult) by the relatively uniform orange-red to deep red coloration of the entire body

Bloodred Corn Snake Hatchling. It is extremely rare for simple recessive F 1 heterozygotes to exhibit ANY features of their recessively inherited genetic mutation. Their scale colors are shades of brown with some developing yellow on the lower jaw-line and neck area

Corn Snake Color Morphs. They originated when breeding the Jacksonville, Florida and Gainesville, Florida strains of corn snakes Ghost Bloodreds are a combination of the Anerythristic A, Hypomelanistic (Hypo A) and Bloodred genes