Kathy Love's
Adult Corn Snake Colony
You can also browse through more of my adult breeders on the American Cornsnake Registry (click this paragraph), which will give you some ideas of what they will look like as adults.
Many varieties I produce, and their prices, are highly variable. The higher- and lower-priced animals will come from the same excellent breeding stock, but the higher-priced specimens are expected to come closer to the ideals pictured on my website. These prices are for each animal except as noted. Once I photograph individuals, the prices change to the ones posted above next to their links. These prices are superceded by the prices on individual corns currently for sale with individual photos.
PLEASE NOTE: These adults are not for sale. They are examples of what the babies may look like as adults. The prices below are for the babies I expect to produce next season.
CORN SNAKES Elaphe guttata [= Pantherophis guttatus]
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OKEETEE
PHASE CORN SNAKES This
is my
“Flagship Corn” variety – one that I’ve specialized in for over
17
years. My
colony is originally derived from stock
from Jasper
County, South Carolina and
the immediate vicinity.
I
have been selectively breeding them for many generations to work away from
the longitudinal striping and overall “dirty wash” (dark overshadowing
pigmentation) that’s common to most wild-caught specimens from that renowned
region popularized by Carl Kauffeld’s books. They have bright red
dorsal blotches, separated from the orange to russet ground color by bold black
outlines. The high-contrast black and white ventral checker-boarding
is very distinct.
Considered by many to be the “King of Corns”, they grow up to become
the biggest and most impressive race I
breed, and remain our personal
favorites. If you’re looking for a truly spectacular corn snake,
with all the attributes of what makes corn snakes so naturally beautiful, these
are for you !
70.00
- 100.00
*** "CLASSIC
" CORN
SNAKES These are essentially the same as
the above-described Okeetee corns, including having the heavy influence of Okeetee
bloodlines. The only difference is that I also have crossed in
other non-Okeetee corns (such as bloodreds & my beautiful 'Naples' line) when they displayed some particularly attractive trait
that I thought might enhance the overall classically gorgeous look of 'normal'
corns. I make this almost non-existent distinction because some
people still ask for pure Okeetees traceable back to animals from southern South
Carolina. I price them the same as Okeetees; the price variation is
based on the looks and expected adult beauty of individuals. Sometimes
these end up looking even prettier than my 'pure' Okeetee bloodlines
70.00
- 100.00
MIAMI
PHASE CORN SNAKES Adults
have orange/red blotches on a silvery-gray background as typifies most animals
from Miami (Dade County), Florida. I have concentrated on achieving this ideal
look, occasionally using animals from other breeders and from areas outside Dade
County too. Some occasional bonuses have popped out in the form of lavenders,
amels (from the candycane project), and an anery now and then. They tend
to run a little smaller than many races of corns, including as hatchlings, and
often maintain a more slender profile.
Some babies may be carrying amelanism and
/ or lavender. 75.00
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Crimson Corn Snakes
This beautiful phase combines Miami and hypo A to produce a brightly colored
snake that usually feeds well makes a great pet. One distant ancestor in
this bloodline was an emory rat, so occasionally some extra bright yellow colors
show through even now. Only a few will be available this year.
95.00
NORMAL CORN SNAKES These
will make great, inexpensive pets!
Most
will hatch as “byproducts” of other projects intended to create and
refine various new color and/or pattern phases. All will look normal and make
hardy captives, and they will probably (but not absolutely) be gene-carriers for
assorted other color/pattern anomalies. I
can't predict if any particular
specimen(s) will resemble certain examples of "normals"
in the collage at left.
65.00
AMELANISTIC CORN SNAKES These
will be byproducts of other projects that didn't fit the description of a
special variation. They will be beautiful and hardy.
65.00
SUNGLOW
ALBINO CORN SNAKES This
special strain matures with clean, solid red blotches on a smooth, orange ground
color without markings of any other color to distract from its rich beauty,
making this an exquisitely brilliant and spectacular corn. I've
worked on refining this strain's radiant glowing beauty and lack of white flecks
for many generations, and can assure that the high-end ones will closely resemble this picture
when they mature. Many have been infused with genes from the bloodred
line, as evidenced by their deep red blotches.
70.00
- 100.00
ALBINO
OKEETEE CORN SNAKES
The
deep red dorsal blotches are outlined in white instead of the usual black rings.
The ground color tends toward a yellow /orange, which provides a strong
contrast to the blotches. These are bred to look like
the amelanistic 'reverse' of an Okeetee corn, but are not necessarily derived from
Okeetee heritage bloodlines. The blotch versus ground color contrast will
be very similar on all babies when they mature; price is determined solely by
the width of the white rings around the blotches, which is what has earned them
their name. 70.00
- 100.00
CREAMSICLE
CORN SNAKES
A
beautiful peachy orange to yellow (almost caramel or butterscotch-colored)
amelanistic strain created by crossing corns with Great Plains rat snake E.g. emoryi bloodlines.
The large hatchlings are very hardy, and are among my most popular
strains. 95.00
- 125.00
CANDYCANE
CORN SNAKES Bold
red or orange blotches stand out against a white background, in effect creating
a highly contrasting alternating candycane pattern. My ongoing effort is
to get consistently deep red or orange blotches on the cleanest white as
possible. These were created from several generations of selectively
breeding Miami phase and creamsicles to get the proper effect. I produce
the fewest of this strain each season, and sell-out on them among the first of
my corn snake varieties. The project produces a few snows each year, which
tend to exhibit somewhat distinctively shaped blotches and a certain 'look' to
them. If available, these snows are priced at $55
each.
'Regular'
candycanes, produced from some of the same parents, but that will probably show
light pink or peach background, and/or white intrusion in the red or orange
blotches, (your choice, subject to availability) will be
95.00
The 'best', sporting the whitest backgrounds with the most solidly colored red
or orange blotch colors (subject to availability) will be 150.00
BLACK
ALBINO CORN SNAKES
(Type "A" Anerythristics) Silvery-gray
to black blotches over a pale ground color with yellow on chin and neck; no red
pigment at all. They are descended from wild-caught stock collected
in the "Immokalee Triangle" of lower southwestern
Florida. 65.00
CHARCOAL
CORN SNAKES
(Type "B" Anerythristics) Each
season I have a few of these hatch and become available.
This strain of black albino corn is far less common, and is one
“ingredient” of making blizzard corns.
They are almost totally axanthic, meaning they lack even the residual
yellow pigment on their throats that’s typical in type A anerythristic
specimens
99.00
LAVENDER CORN SNAKES These
are a new kind of variant that resembles anerythrism, but often has a more
purplish tone, especially as an adult. Only a handful will hatch
this season. They'll be 150.00
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SNOW
CORN SNAKES
Adults are always stunning show specimens no matter which tone their
blotches develop!
These original 'snow white' corn snakes are tame, hardy and
impressive! Baby snows look identical, no matter whether they
eventually develop tinges of pink, yellow, clear, or even greenish to their
dorsal blotches. I can 'guess' based on their parentage alone, but I can't
guarantee any babies to turn out a certain shade as adults. 65.00
BUTTER CORN SNAKES This
is a new way of achieving intensity in the yellow without using E. g. emoryi
bloodlines. They basically resemble what one imagines hyperxanthic snow
corns should look like --- strong and pleasing yellow emerges in specimens as they reach
maturity. In reality, it's actually a combination of amelanism and
'caramel', instead of being amelanistic and type A anerythristic at the same
time. I'll have only a very few this season. 150.00
*
I'll also have caramel corns het. for butter and amber;
they'll be 95.00
BLIZZARD
CORN SNAKES Just
like in a blizzard, all you see is white!
I’ve finally bred out virtually ALL pigment; blotches can barely be
counted, even under a strong light!
This morph actually exhibits amelanism and charcoal (type B anerythrism)
in the same animal. 130.00
ROSY
(HYPOMELANISTIC) CORN SNAKES
These
brilliantly colored corns have almost no black, which allows their true
underlying brilliance to show through.
They’re the ideal “rosy rat” substitute, and even prettier!
This genetically recessive trait breeds true.
I
formerly called this trait hypomelanistic, or just `hypo’, on older
lists and articles. 95.00
GHOST
CORN SNAKES
An
unusual, ghostly pale pinkish-lavender animal that is both a rosy and black
albino (type "A") corn at the same time. There's huge
variation in the hues of the ground color existing; the first one is a typical
specimen. The second one pictured
is one of my nicest with great pinkish-light purple tones and huge blotches, and
is the father of most of this year's babies. Hatchlings resembling him
will be at the high end of the price range. All ghost corns give you two recessive traits for the price of one !
Typical Ghosts
- 95.00
Special
Project Ghosts - 150.00
ZIGZAG
/ AZTEC CORN SNAKES The
dorsal blotches are fused together in a wavy line, sometimes completely
connected, down the center of the back.
Some specimens have a more
"fractured" pattern of broken
lines that fits the new description of the 'Aztec' variation. Anerythristics,
normals, and maybe some amelanistics and snows will be available.
The high end of the price range is for the 'ziggiest'; none are 100% from nape
to tail, but I have them up to about 98% fully zigged. 95.00
BLOODRED CORN SNAKES
The
best adults
become almost solid red uni-colored snakes, lacking black ventral blotches and
well-defined borders to their dorsal blotches.
The ground color gradually intensifies to nearly match the red blotch
color.
They're beautiful at all stages of growth.
Bolder
pattern (normal bloodreds) - 150.00
Diffused pattern (
more likely
to become patternless adults )
-
179.00
ALBINO
BLOODREDS Various
shades of red albino that totally lack ventral checks, I refer to the top-of-the-line end individuals of these as "SUNGLOW ALBINO
BLOODREDS" due to the intensity of full red coverage. They will be
the most uni-colored albino bloodreds available and will show little or no
white in the adult dorsal pattern.
179.00
HYPO BLOODREDS I
expect to have several clutches of these brilliant beauties this year, and some
should surpass all past years' babies in looks.
Combining the best of bloodred while reducing the dirty wash of excess black
makes for one gorgeous corn snake!
250.00
- 295.00
PEWTER
CORN SNAKES
Really
strange silvery lavender with obscure blotches as adults.
These were created here by crossing charcoal with bloodred to get a very
bizarre creature indeed! Certain
individuals grow up with a speckled effect that has earned them the nickname of
'pepper corns'. 299.00
MOTLEY CORN SNAKES In
this
simple recessive trait, the dorsal blotches tend to fuse into a ladder-like
pattern, and occasionally, an irregular or broken stripe. Ventral
checkering and most lateral blotches also disappear. A highly
variable pattern trait that creates interesting things when
“cross-pollinated” with striped corns, or mixed into other color variants. 70.00
- 100.00
STRIPED
CORN SNAKES Thin
mid-dorsal stripes run from head to tail.
This trait is an extreme of the motley pattern anomaly and combines with
it readily when crossed to animals showing it.
Every gradation of pattern between them
can result. There may be amels, black albinos, and snows in this price
range. 99.00
- 115.00
AMELANISTIC EMORY RAT
SNAKES Elaphe emoryi Pure
Great Plains / Emory's rats featuring a relatively new amelanistic trait that's
not compatible with the old (original) amelanistic gene. Breeding
the two traits together will produce all non-amelanistic babies. If you
want really yellow 'corns' that are fat, robust critters, these are for
you! And finally, something that can legally be sold in
Georgia! 199.00
NORMALS, het. for amelanism - 89.00
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NON - CORN SNAKE PROJECTS :
AMAZON TREE BOAS Corallus hortulanus I'm working with a small group of recently imported beauties --- the same species that I used to breed back in the 1980s. They're known for being nippy, though I've found that slow, gentle handling results in less bites and relatively calm behavior. Newborns are typically hardy feeders on hopper mice that jump around a lot and draw their attention. They'll have a price range of $75.00 - 250.00 each depending on their color; yellow and red ones will be priced higher than 'garden phase'.
BALL PYTHONS Python regius I have been raising a colony of normal female ball pythons for the past couple years. My first male is an '05 pastel, and I'll also be using amel and piebald males on them this coming season. Check back for future developments on my foray into the world of ball python breeding.
NEW
(?) COLOR & PATTERN MUTATIONS ON THE HERPETOCULTURAL HORIZON ??? I’m continually trying to create new and interesting variations, so
each year it's possible for something really different to emerge.
I usually keep it myself to start new colubrid snake dynasties if it's a
one-of-a-kind beauty, but I’m known for sharing my successes.
Call to discuss if you're into "new frontier" projects,
especially if you have something of a similar nature to "share back at me
in return".
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