blichtenhan
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SOLD!!! These guys are not offered very often. I think the silverleaf morph of the kisatchie ratsnake is one of the most beautiful morphs out there. (Kisatchie anery gene is also unique to the Kisatchies, and anery silverleafs really look nice, black and silver! ). SOLD!!!
This pair consist of a male silverleaf kisatchie, 2021, and very unlikely that it is het anery, though anery shows up at times in his line. The female is also 2021, het silverleaf, ph anery. The male parent of the female is a very dark silverleaf, het anery, with some kind of second anery-type mutation, I have two adult males with this trait. I have included a picture of the original silverleaf female, WC, and the male that is extremely dark, then two photos of the pair for sale.
I am asking $500 shipped for the pair, they will not breed in 2023, but probably will be ready in 2024. They are distance relatives, third cousins.
The best way to reach me is text 512 626 0278 or [email protected]
Thanks, Brad Lichtenhan
Here is some information on Kisatchies, anery and silverleaf traits.
Below is a description of Kisatchies in general from Don Soderberg's web page at South Mountain Reptiles. https://www.cornsnake.net/index.php?...id=252&lang=en
The hobby name, Kisatchie, was unofficially assigned to the newest Ratsnake species to be described in the United States, Panterophis slowinskii, reportedly because the "holotype" was collected near Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. This doesn't mean that it was the first of its kind kto be captured, because I was catching lots of these in 1971 in East Texas and Western Louisiana. The common name assigned when this species was described is Slowinski's Corn Snake, but I personally don't use that name because is contains the word CORN, and this is officially NOT a corn snake.
In 2002, Frank T. Burbrink presented sufficient evidence to establish that this snake, Elaphe slowinskii (now, Pantherophis slowinskii), found between the natural ranges of Corn Snakes, Pantherophis guttatus and Great Plains Rat Snakes (aka: Emory's Rat Snakes) was sufficiently dissimilar to those species to warrant distinct species status. Surely this species originated from the ancient natural intergradation of Corn Snakes and Emory's Rat Snakes?
In order to preserve their genome in captive specimens, since this snake is soundly dissimilar to those two founding species we hope breeders will resist crossing Kisatchies with Corns or Emory's Rat Sankes.
One thing I noticed when first photographing Kisatchies over a decade ago was that no matter how I filtered my strobes with opaque covers, the light heavily bounced back from these snakes. Obviously, unlike their Corn and Emory's cousins, Kisatchies have more iridophores in their epidermis.
Also is a link to KJ's discussion of these morphs from several years ago.
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104745
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=104745
Silverleaf and Anerythristic Kisatchie Cornsnakes - FaunaClassifieds
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Silverleaf and Anerythristic Kisatchie Cornsnakes Cornsnakes & Ratsnakes Discussion Forum
This pair consist of a male silverleaf kisatchie, 2021, and very unlikely that it is het anery, though anery shows up at times in his line. The female is also 2021, het silverleaf, ph anery. The male parent of the female is a very dark silverleaf, het anery, with some kind of second anery-type mutation, I have two adult males with this trait. I have included a picture of the original silverleaf female, WC, and the male that is extremely dark, then two photos of the pair for sale.
I am asking $500 shipped for the pair, they will not breed in 2023, but probably will be ready in 2024. They are distance relatives, third cousins.
The best way to reach me is text 512 626 0278 or [email protected]
Thanks, Brad Lichtenhan
Here is some information on Kisatchies, anery and silverleaf traits.
Below is a description of Kisatchies in general from Don Soderberg's web page at South Mountain Reptiles. https://www.cornsnake.net/index.php?...id=252&lang=en
The hobby name, Kisatchie, was unofficially assigned to the newest Ratsnake species to be described in the United States, Panterophis slowinskii, reportedly because the "holotype" was collected near Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. This doesn't mean that it was the first of its kind kto be captured, because I was catching lots of these in 1971 in East Texas and Western Louisiana. The common name assigned when this species was described is Slowinski's Corn Snake, but I personally don't use that name because is contains the word CORN, and this is officially NOT a corn snake.
In 2002, Frank T. Burbrink presented sufficient evidence to establish that this snake, Elaphe slowinskii (now, Pantherophis slowinskii), found between the natural ranges of Corn Snakes, Pantherophis guttatus and Great Plains Rat Snakes (aka: Emory's Rat Snakes) was sufficiently dissimilar to those species to warrant distinct species status. Surely this species originated from the ancient natural intergradation of Corn Snakes and Emory's Rat Snakes?
In order to preserve their genome in captive specimens, since this snake is soundly dissimilar to those two founding species we hope breeders will resist crossing Kisatchies with Corns or Emory's Rat Sankes.
One thing I noticed when first photographing Kisatchies over a decade ago was that no matter how I filtered my strobes with opaque covers, the light heavily bounced back from these snakes. Obviously, unlike their Corn and Emory's cousins, Kisatchies have more iridophores in their epidermis.
Also is a link to KJ's discussion of these morphs from several years ago.
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104745
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=104745
Silverleaf and Anerythristic Kisatchie Cornsnakes - FaunaClassifieds
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Silverleaf and Anerythristic Kisatchie Cornsnakes Cornsnakes & Ratsnakes Discussion Forum
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