Lavas

[Cornsnakesalive]

When I think of Lavas, I think of a bright orange snake that rival most Sunglows, so when I saw a few Red Lavas this year, I had to hold them back. The original Lava was dark red, so it will be interesting to see if two very different lines of Lavas can be produced. All previous Lavas that have been produced were orange, until 2006. It seems as if I may have accidentally recovered the original phenotype of Lava in my project quests. There might be an on/off gene in play or just good old selective breeding. I can definitely see the possibility of a hidden het gene matching up that can easily be linked back to Old Man Lava.

The first three photos are of a Lava from the wild line, and the last two are of one of the Red Lavas. They are on the brick red side and almost could be mistaken for a dark Okeetee until you look close. I have some very dark Amels that remind me of these. Is there a “dark” gene in Corns?

[Joni Garcia]

Those lavas are stunning. I can't wait to see more pics of the red Lava as it grows. Beautiful!

[Corns.nl]

Picture the dark red ones to be bred in a nice Miami phase line
Ideas, ideas, ideas..

Arjan

[MohrSnakes]

I've seen something similar too....I'll try to get pics.

[Cornsnakesalive]

Originally Posted by Corns.nl

Picture the dark red ones to be bred in a nice Miami phase line
Ideas, ideas, ideas..

Arjan

I was thinking the same thing. The only two Miami females that I have are het for Hypo, which may complicate matters, but I will put the project on my 2007 Project list. A Red Lava X Blood sounds like a project to start in a couple of years too.

Here is a close up of the dark Amel I was talking about that was bred to the Lava in the photo in 2006, which proved him to not be carrying the Lava gene. It is really too bad, because he is even darker than any photo that I have taken of him. He came from a breeding of Het Amel Ice X Same, so he is from the same line and adds to the “dark” theory.

I will be breeding him to some of his daughters for the first time this year, so it will be very interesting to see if about half of the clutches are dark red Amels. His color would be great on Fires. None of my Fires come close to his dark blotch color, and I have a female from Don S that is a real screamer.

[Cornsnakesalive]

I have strong suspicions that these are Ice Lavenders. ( Anery Lava Lav). The first year that I produced Lava Lavs, I produced a male that looked like these along with two females, that were darker, so I assumed it was caused by the male/female differences that we see in many other morphs.

Last year, I used an Anery het Lava Lav male to breed to my het Ice Lav females, which increased the odds that Anery would be in the mix. The first photos is of a male from the first clutches, but the second photo is of a FEMALE from a second clutch. The male does look lighter, but this female has really caused me to believe that this phenotype is actually Ice Lavender and not just Lava Lavs.

[Cornsnakesalive]

Male Topaz (Lava Caramel), poss het for Amel Motley.

I can’t wait to see some more of these this year. It would be sweet to pick up the Motley gene these year as well. A Topaz Motley will cause some drooling. Make mine a Hurricane! The Hurricane Caramels from this line are to die for.

This line is the most colorful of all of the Lava lines. Even the Normals are real screamers that resemble hypos. Many extremely yellow Corns were produced in 2006 that were not Caramels from this line.

[Corns.nl]

Wow those are AWESOME Lava combo's!! You have PM Joe!

Arjan

[robin h]

That Topaz is REALLY sexy ....


damn I love it :|


another project for me

[Emanon]

I love the reds... lavas are awesome!!!