Scaleless Red Cornsnake
Tzika et al. (2023): "Scaleless corn snakes ..., originating from the hybridization of a corn snake and a Great Plains rat snake ( Pantherophis emoryi ), were first reported in 2002 by a private breeder. These animals lack dorsal and lateral scales, whereas the transversely elongated ventral scales are present, although they are always split in two (right and left) or more parts. Small, isolated dorsolateral scales are occasionally present ... ."
How it inherits
- One copy
- One copy shows nothing at all. The animal looks ordinary and is called a carrier, or “het”.
- Two copies
- Two copies, one from each parent, are needed before it appears.
Scaleless carrier × Scaleless carrier
Four ways the two can meet.
- het Scaleless50%
- Scaleless25%
- Normal25%
A pale box is an animal that shows the morph. These are the odds for each egg on its own, not a promise about a clutch.
What this rests on
A peer-reviewed paper identifies the variant behind this morph in the gene EDARADD.
- Somitic positional information guides self-organized patterning of snake scales. — Sci Adv 2023
What happens if you breed it
Every pairing involving Scaleless, worked out gene by gene — including what the clutch can be and anything documented about the animals it produces.