Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred

[lovesnakes]

Just wondering if anyone knows of any breeders of p.emoryi? (interested to know of colour variations, outside of their natural differences)

I've checked classifieds, nothing (at the mo') i have seen them for sale
on-line a couple of times but not in any great numbers.
I've not been able to get to meetings/shows for a couple of years so wouldn't know if they do make an appearance at these places?!

I have also heard of breeding between corn and great plains, just wondering if people would think this could be the next stage in morphs.
considering corns are reliable, popular and easy to keep - with such diversity in colours thrown in for good measure - and great plains smaller size(!?), hardiness and robustness would make for a great all round snake. perhaps even eliminating problematic feeders due to the potential size difference in hatchlings?. . . .

. . . . or maybe not

thoughts
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[peaches]

Shame you don't see many emoryi about, seem to be one that you just happen to find by luck.

Morphs wise there is albino, chocolate, hypo and reverse striped. And also locale variants like the intermontana and meahllmorum, which some US keepers try to keep as pure locales.

Yes there have been many breedings between corns and great plains, great plains was a sub species of the cornsnake and this is how the creamsicle morph was made.

I wouldn't say great plains are smaller than corns, maybe more robust though.
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[Ailurus]

The main morphs are hypomelanistic and albino i think.
Many of the corn morphs currently available have been interbreeded with great plains at various times. The creamsicle is the offspring of a hypo great plains and i believe and amel corn, but i am not sure about the corn morph

i have seen a few availiable, here you are:

http://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/great-plains-ratsnake.html They sometimes have them in, but not at the mo

http://www.scales-tails.co.uk/prices.htm they have some here for £40

i thought they had some more. I think they sell them at ameyzoo, in herts and also japanes koi co. in henlow
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Tom

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[lovesnakes]

thanks guys and girls

didn't know they were responsible for a few of the corn morphs, makes sense though
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[Ailurus]

you are most welcome
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[natrix]

hi there, sorry for the late input, but as well as being responsible for some of the currently available colour morphs in corn snakes, having some genetic make up from emoryi in cornsnakes gives the desireable trait of fewer but larger offspring making for a much lower percentage of tricky feeding neonates. emoryi females rarely lay more than 12 eggs in a clutch but the resulting offspring are usually much larger and more robust than cornsake babies, and usually feed on pinkies with no trouble at all.