Hybrid
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Availability: Lower
Last Updated: 2023-01-14
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About
Hybrids between corn snakes and any other snake is very common in captivity, but rarely occurs in the wild. Hybrids within the genera Pantherophis, Lampropeltis, or Pituophis so far have been proven to be completely fertile. [1]
History
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Appearance
Head
The head is dependent upon the Hybrid in question.
Body
The body is dependent upon the Hybrid in question.
Belly
The belly is dependent upon the Hybrid in question.
Tail
The tail is dependent upon the Hybrid in question.
Controversy
Most consider the majority of corns in the hobby to be hybrids, unless it is an actually lineage traced animal, with it being generally agreed that there is too much hybrid blood floating around in the corn snake gene pool to assume purity of any individual.
The prolific nature of external mutations in corns was able to happen in large part because the species that they originated in had a high degree of similarity, in both phenotype and physiology, to corns so the hybrids between them were not particularly unusual when viewed beside a normal corn. As such, specific “Corn Snake traits”, such as Ultra & Scaleless, originated from other snake species. [2]
Proven Lines
Related Traits
Many different corn snake hybrids are bred in captivity. A few common examples include:
- Jungle corn snakes are hybrids between a corn snake and a California kingsnake ( Lampropeltis californiae ). These show extreme pattern variations, taking markings from both parents. Although they are hybrids of different genera, they are not sterile.
- Tri-color Jungle corn snakes are hybrids between a Querétaro kingsnake and a corn snake. The color is similar to that of an amelanistic corn snake.
- Creamsicle corn snakes are hybrids between an albino corn snake and a Great Plains rat snake ( P. emoryi ). The first-generation hybrids are known as “Rootbeers”. Breeding these back to each other can produce Creamsicles.
- Turbo corn snakes are hybrids between a corn snake and any Pituophis species.
- Corn snakes hybridized with milk snakes are called a variety of names, depending on the subspecies of milk snake used. For example, a Honduran milk snake × corn snake is called a Cornduran , a Sinaloan milk snake × corn snake is called a Sinacorn and a Pueblan milk snake × corn snake is called a Pueblacorn .
- Brook Korn corn snakes are hybrids between a Brook’s kingsnake and a corn snake. Like the jungle corn snake, these hybrids also show extreme pattern variations.
When hybrids of corn snakes are found in the wild, they have usually hybridized with other Pantherophis species whose ranges overlap with corn snakes. [6]
Combos
50% Corn, 25% Cal King, 25% Ruthvens by Milksnake Mutations
High Yellow Jungle Corn by Milksnake Mutations
50% Tessera Corn, 25% Pueblan Milk, 25% Cal King by Milksnake Mutations
50% Thayeri king 50% corn het for corn hypo, lavender and motley by Ryno's Reptiles and Rodents
albino hybrid comprised of corn snake and Great Plains rat snake bu RepStylin
F2 cornduran (50% corn 50% Honduran) Expressing the corn amel gene by Ryno's Reptiles and Rodents
F2 cornduran. 50% corn 50% Honduran milk by Ryno's Reptiles and Rodents
F2 cornduran. 50% corn 50% Honduran milk by Ryno's Reptiles and Rodents2
F2 hybrid. Incredible amel jungle corn. 50% corn 50% California king by Ryno's Reptiles and Rodents
