Anerythristic Corn Snakes.

 The Anerythristic Corn Snake is a one were the snake has had all the red colour bred out through selective breeding. This results in a snake that is primarily black and white. Depending on the amount of yellow present these snakes may exhibit various shades of brown.
If the snake is also expressing the Hypomelanistic gene then the result is a Ghost Corn.
The Anerythristic corn was the second type of "albino" produced by breeders in the United States.

There are now 3 recognised types of Anerythristic corns. Type "A" is the most commonly available. Type "B", also known as Charcoal, was first discovered in snakes from Pine Island. It was shown to be a separate gene involved to that in type "A" by breeding the type "B" and type "A" Anerythristic snakes together. The result was some normal coloured corns and some Anerythristic corns. The fact that "normals" were produced shows that there are at least 2 genes involved that can "turn off" the red. As some of the hatchlings were Anerythristic it shows that the type "B" also carry the type "A" gene.
Type "C" Anerythristic produces Caramel corns. Through selective breeding by Rich Zuchowski of "Serpenco"it has been shown to be a completely different gene to that involved in either the type "A" or type "B" Anerythristic corns.

 

 

@ Stephen Sharp 2006