Amelanistic

Amelanistics lack the black pigment melanin, and was the first mutation (or morph) to be discovered. The first amel corn was caught in North Carolina in 1953. In 1959, Dr Bernard Bechtel bred the original specimen to three normal females, producing babies that were "het for" Amelanism, then those back to each other to produce the very first Captive Bred corn snake morph in 1961.
An orange body with red or dark orange blotches outlined with white.

Selectively bred amel morphs include Candycane, Fluorescent Orange, Reverse Okeetee, and Sunglow

Inheritance: Recessive to Normal, codominant with Ultra

Allelic to and codominant with Ultra which means if a cornsnake is het Amel and het Ultra it creates the third phenotype (visual morph) Ultramel.

Amelanistic Hatchling aaaa © Ian Bradley	Amelanistic Adult aaaa © Ian Bradley
Amelanistic Motley Hatchling aaaa mmmm © John Murphy	Amelanistic Motley Adult aaaa mmmm © Adam Clarke
Amelanistic Stripe Hatchling aaaa msms © Ian Bradley	Amelanistic Stripe Adult aaaa msms © Don Soderberg
Amelanistic Eye © Ian Bradley	Amelanistic Ventral © Ian Bradley

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Uploaded by: Malene Hansen & Kenneth Møller Morph: Amelanistic Age: 2 years Sex: Female	Uploaded by: Ilaria Auletta (Italy) Morph: Amel cube Age: 1 year Male Sex:
Uploaded by: JenniPoohBear Morph: Amelanistic Age: unknown Sex: Female	Uploaded by: Ilaria Auletta (Italy) Morph: Amel Age: 3 years Male Sex:
Uploaded by: Douglas Mong Morph: Amelanistic.....a \"sunglow\" before the term was ever coined Age: 1991 hatch Sex: Male	Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic het Cinders - Cicero Age: 6 Mo Sex: Male
Uploaded by: H&M Morph: Amelanistic Age: 7 Sex: Female	Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic Stripe - Silk Age: Adult Sex: Male
Uploaded by: Holly Brigden Morph: Amelanistic Age: 1 Sex: Female	Uploaded by: Casey Blystone Morph: Amelanistic Age: 2 1/2 years Sex: Female
Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic (RO) - Kinsey Age: Adult Sex: Male	Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic Stripe het Anery (Silka) Age: Adult Sex: Female
Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic het Sulphur - Ripley Age: Adult Sex: Female	Uploaded by: jamie price (doogle) Morph: Amel stripe het hypo lavender Age: 09 Sex: Female
Uploaded by: Corn Padrão (Brazil) Morph: Amel Motley Age: 1 years old Sex: Male	Uploaded by: glittersnake Morph: Amelanistic Age: 1 year Sex: Female
Uploaded by: Casey Blystone Morph: Amelanistic Age: 2 1/2 Years Sex: Female	Uploaded by: jamie price (doogle) Morph: Amel het bloodred stripe Age: 09 Sex: Female
Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic (RO) - Kendra Age: Yearling Sex: Female	Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic Cube - Ruby Age: Adult Sex: Female
Uploaded by: leeanddebbie Morph: Amelanistic Age: 20 month Sex: Male	Uploaded by: dave Morph: Age: 3 Sex: Female
Uploaded by: Not Disclosed Morph: Not Disclosed Age: Not Disclosed Sex: Not Disclosed	Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic Age: Hatchling Sex: Male
Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic het Snow Stripe - Raven Age: Yearling Sex: Female	Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic het Cinder - Cinders Age: 6 months Sex: Female
Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic het Sulphur - Reece Age: Adult Sex: Female	Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic het Sulphur - Rodney Age: Adult Sex: Male
Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic Stripe Age: 0 days Sex: Unknown	Uploaded by: sunshine Morph: amel Age: 5 mons Sex: Male
Uploaded by: Adam Clarke (procorns.co.uk) Morph: Amelanistic Motley Age: 3 Sex: Male	Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic Stripe het Anery (Silka) Age: Adult Sex: Female
Uploaded by: Adam & Charlotte - www.acsnakes.co.uk Morph: Amelanistic Motley het Caramel Age: Hatchling Sex: Male	Uploaded by: Corn Padrão (Brazil) Morph: Amel Age: 3 years old Sex: Male