Snow Corn Snake

The word "melanistic" is Latin for "Black". The term "Amelanistic" means the absence of black that often results in a red albino. To get a snow corn you need to selectively breed to remove both the black and the red. This leaves you with a white snake with some yellow that shows up as the snake grows.

The first snow corns were produced by mating an Anerythristic type "A" to an Amelanistic corn. The hatchlings produced were all normal coloured but carried genes for both Amelanistic and Anerythristic. When these hatchlings grew and were mated together there is a one in 16 chance of the two genes being expressed in an animal in the next generation. This rare combination resulted in the first snow corns.

These days there even sub phase's of snow corns. It is mostly dependant upon the mount of faded pink or yellow that the snake has. The faded pink animals are often referred to as Bubble Gum Snows. Those with lots of yellow often have a greenish checkerboard pattern on their bellies. These "greenish" snows are called Green spot snows.

I said above that the first snow were produced from the crossing of an Anerythristic type "A" to an Amelanistic corn. You might therefore ask what you get if you use the other types of Anerythristic "B" or "C".
Anerythristic type "B" to an Amelanistic produces Blizzard corns while Anerythristic type "C" to an Amelanistic produces Butter corns.



 @ Stephen Sharp 2006