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These guys all hatched in July 2015, and are great feeders of f/t pinks. Dad is a Tessera Caramel Stripe, het amel. Mom was either a Butter Stripe, or a Motley Fire, het Caramel. PM me with an offer, if you're interested. I am sure we can make some kind of deal. I use Ship Your Reptiles, and can get several in one box. See my other ads for a few more, and some genetically compatible mates. Thanks, Jim.
 

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I have to say that the first photo is definitely a normal stripe and the three below it are exhibiting the actual tessera stripe pattern. The tessera stripe is thinner and bolder while the normal stripe gene has a thicker background stripe surrounded by two thinner bolder dorsal stripes. The distinction can be clearly seen by comparing these four photos. Beautiful snakes they all are,
 
I would have thought the same thing awhile back, but I started a discussion thread over on cornsnakes.com to discuss combining tessera with motley and stripe and how the genes interacted. I then took my hatchlings with me to a local reptile show and consulted a few breeder friends of mine with far more experience than I have and asked for their opinions. I did bring up the wider stripe issue, and was told that the width can be variable. I got regular caramel and butter stripes out of this pairing, too, and you could easily tell the differences, as they had clear, but broken lateral markings. I also studied pictures posted by Don Soderberg on the topic. The consensus resulted in me labeling them as I have. Not that the issue is considered completely solved, but those breeders with the most experience seemed to be in agreement. I absolutely do not wish to misrepresent any animal I have, and would entertain further discussion. You can search this link http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=11 for tessera discussions, and I will invite other comments here to comment on the genetics. Thanks for your comments! :thumbsup: Jim
 
Hey Jim,
Thanks for the explanation. I was hoping I did not come off accusatory. I have seen a lot about this in the past few months and I am still really puzzled by it. I had thought that only the thin bold stripes were the actual tessera gene at work with stripe. But it seems that you have done a lot of research and I definitely would also have to agree if many big breeders have confirmed it. I will check out the thread and read more on it as well.
 
Not accusing at all! If I am wrong, then I wish to be corrected. And just because I did some homework doesn't mean I didn't get it wrong anyway. I have contacted a few people and asked them to check this out for me and let me know either way. Let's see what they say. Jim
 
This all has gotten a little bit confusing and I have seen motley stripe and regular stripe involved with tessera stripe. I have never seen either stripe go past the vent unless it was a tessera.
Just my two cents
John
 
Thanks, John! The stripe is faint, but definitely carries on past the vent. (I just checked. Pretty thing. I just might keep it!) Don Soderberg also just emailed me to say with some confidence that it is definitely Tessera. Another breeder emailed me to say she'd bet her entire collection that my "green one" is a Tessera. She also provided two more links on the topic, showing some wide-striped examples as well. Thanks to everyone for chiming in!
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=140919
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=141738

And thanks again to Joseph for bringing up the topic. At least it's kept my ad on page one for awhile!
 
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