This is the type B or charcoal and is still rather uncommon in collections. We should have other colors of the zig zag patterns available this season. These animals resemble a California kingsnake, but they have NO king blood. This is a blood corn that has been outcrossed with a Florida Keys corn. The colors are influenced by the typical gold colors of the Keys corn.
Adults are a stunning red with bright white underside.
The markings usually fade and in some cases are nearly impossible to see in mature individuals. The blood corn is one of the few if not the only exception to predictable recessive traits. When a blood corn is bred to other recessive or normal corns, the first generation of offspring resemble blood corns, but are not pure blood corns. Usually, the belly of the outcrossed corns have black on them. This is a sign they are not pure blood corns.