Corn Snake
The classic beginner colubrid: hardy, alert, reliable feeders, and available in decades' worth of straightforward recessive morphs.
Care basics
- A 40-gallon enclosure suits an adult; they are strong escape artists, so latch lids.
- Warm side 85°F, cool side 75°F, humidity 40–50%.
- Feed one appropriately sized mouse every 7–10 days.
Traits & morphs
Open genetic calculatorAmelanistic
recessiveNo black pigment — bright orange and red with pink-red eyes.
Recessive — both parents must carry it before it shows.
Calculate offspring odds with Amelanistic →Anerythristic
recessiveNo red pigment — greys, blacks and silvers.
Recessive — both parents must carry it before it shows.
Calculate offspring odds with Anerythristic →Hypomelanistic
recessiveReduced black, giving a soft, pastel look.
Recessive — both parents must carry it before it shows.
Calculate offspring odds with Hypomelanistic →Charcoal
recessiveA second anerythristic line; ashy grey with no yellow on the neck.
Recessive — both parents must carry it before it shows.
Calculate offspring odds with Charcoal →Caramel
recessiveYellow-to-butterscotch base replacing orange.
Recessive — both parents must carry it before it shows.
Calculate offspring odds with Caramel →Lavender
recessivePinkish-grey base with plum saddles and ruby eyes.
Recessive — both parents must carry it before it shows.
Calculate offspring odds with Lavender →Motley
recessiveSaddles fuse into stripes or ovals; clean unchecked belly.
Recessive — both parents must carry it before it shows.
Calculate offspring odds with Motley →Stripe
recessiveContinuous dorsal stripes running the length of the body.
Recessive — both parents must carry it before it shows.
Calculate offspring odds with Stripe →Scaleless
recessiveSmooth, scale-free skin apart from the belly scutes.
Recessive — both parents must carry it before it shows.
Calculate offspring odds with Scaleless →Tessera
dominantSingle dorsal stripe with narrow lateral bars.
Dominant — a single copy always shows.
Calculate offspring odds with Tessera →