The Corn Snake (IMAGE)

Université de Genève

The Corn Snake

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(Above) Wild-type corn snakes typically exhibit, over a light orange background coloration, a pattern of dark orange dorsal saddles and lateral blotches that are outlined with black; the ventral scales are covered with a black and white checker pattern and the eyes show a black pupil and orange iris. (B) Amelanistic corn snakes lack all signs of melanin: the black outline of the dorsal saddles and lateral blotches is replaced by white skin, and melanin is lacking in the iris and cornea.

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© LANE (Michel Milinkovitch).

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