New Butter

[Blue Apple Herps]

I still think this hatchling might actually be a butter. To my knowledge, the best authority on corn snake morphs is Chuck Pritzel. In his well-known Cornsnake Morph Guide, this is what he has to say about butter corn snakes: "As hatchlings, these can sometimes resemble snows or amels. Butters can range in appearance from almost "snow-like" to almost "amel-like." Saddle colors tend to range from yellow to dark brownish orange, and the ground color ranges from white or off-white to shades of yellow."

So, if this baby was: 1. Known to come from two butter corn parents, 2. Has less vivid red / orange coloring in real life than the picture portrays, and 3. Fits into the known range of butter hatchling appearances ("almost amel-like") per the corn snake morph authority.... shouldn't we at least give anti the benefit of the doubt that this hatchling might actually be a butter?

Charles Pritzel is very knowledgeable but I guarantee if he saw that snake he'd label it an amel. '10 will be my 15th year breeding corns, and I've hatched out plenty of butters as well as amels so I know the difference.

Sorry but the OP's snake isn't a butter.