New striped corn. Need help...

Hi. I got this little girl from some people that are moving across the country. I thought she was a striped normal, but she has no checker pattern on her belly. It's completely white. And her head is lighter than the rest of her body. Could she be a blood red? I know the picture isn't very good, but you can get the idea.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j2...stripecorn.jpg
I've got her in a 41 qt tub right now, so it's completely filled with hides and plants.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j2...pecornstub.jpg
Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Striped from what I know have a clear belly but from the looks of that little one it is a motley.

That looks like a Hypo Stripe-motley. They are allelic (think mojave/lesser/het russo, etc) so you would get BOTH genes expressing.

From my experience, the *Q-tipping* is pretty standard for a motley-stripe. Vanishing stripes have none of the *Q-Tipping*.

Doesn't really look like a bloodred. Would be hard to tell without breeding it though!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Darcpixie

That looks like a Hypo Stripe-motley. They are allelic (think mojave/lesser/het russo, etc) so you would get BOTH genes expressing.

---

Motley is dominant to stripe though. So you can have perfectly patterned motleys with perfect circles that are het stripe, and you can have phenotypically motley-stripe that are homo motley.

There's a lot of confusion in the terminology because of this. Some take motley-stripe to be a phenotypic description and not a genotypic one.

So for the OP its definitely not homo stripe. It's phenotypically motley-stripe, but may not necessarily be het stripe, only breeding trials or genetic make up of the parents could determine that.

And I don't think its a bloodred, motley/stripe bloods are still very rare.

Consensus: Motley is involved. Heavily. Not bloodred. Stripe? MAYBE. but it is definately an example of mX :) X being either motley or stripe.

That better? Make more sense? :)

*hugs her corn snakes* Goodness I love cornsnake genetics!

So it would probably be best to breed her to a stripe and a motley when she gets big enough? Geez! It'd be great if she turned out to be a male. It'd take less time to figure out what she's got going. Well, I guess time will tell. lol

My vote would be a stripe to breed it to... if you get undeniably stripes out of it, then this one is a motleystripe. If you get all kiddos with q-tipping and other motley characteristics, then it's a homozygous motley.

Clear as mud? :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Darcpixie

My vote would be a stripe to breed it to... if you get undeniably stripes out of it, then this one is a motleystripe. If you get all kiddos with q-tipping and other motley characteristics, then it's a homozygous motley.

Clear as mud? :)

---

Actually, the least confusing way would be to label this one motley het stripe if when bred to a striped animals, stripes show up.

So yes, if you want to test whether it is het stripe, breed her to a stripe or het stripe animal. If you get any stripes, then you know she's het stripe. If not, then she is homo motley.

Thanks everybody! I guess we'll find out in a few years what she's got in her.

See, I have always hated the motley het stripe nomenclature. Implies homozygous motley and het for stripe, in my head.

Good luck!