30 Rarest Corn Snake Morphs (With Info & Pictures)

Corn snakes are considered one of the best snakes for beginners. They are small snakes, usually enjoy being handled, and they have a simple diet that can be easily replicated at home.

There are more than 800 corn snake colors and morphs, which means that there is a significant range of physical appearance and attributes. There is also a big price difference, with a morph like the Palmetto costing upwards of $1,000 and a more common morph like the Eastern costing less than $50 in most areas.

Below are 30 of the rarest corn snake morphs to help you decide which intriguing variants to buy.

The 30 Rarest Corn Snake Morphs

1. Amelanistic Corn Snake

An amelanistic corn snake morph was captured in 1953, and the first example to be bred in captivity appeared in 1961. The popular morph is yellow and orange with red eyes and costs approximately $75.

2. Blood Red Corn Snakes

The blood-red corn snake was bred intentionally. It does not have any of the markings of a corn snake but has a solid, blood-red color. Some examples are more of an orange color, and while this morph is quite unique in appearance, it only costs about $80.

3. Blood Red Pied-Sided

This cross between a piebald and blood-red corn snake is a recent innovation. It is blood-red in color but has faint markings. This morph also has a white belly, and its rarity means that it will cost approximately $250 to buy.

4. Crimson

The crimson blotches on light orange skin ensure that the crimson corn snake’s colors really pop. This attractive color morph costs around $75 so it is affordable as well as good-looking.

5. Coral Snow Corn Snake

The faded pink body of the coral snow corn snake is covered in faded orange patches. This morph will usually, although not always, have a white belly and cost approximately $120. So, it is not the most expensive, despite having a very unusual coloring.

6. Candy Cane

The candy cane is named for the similarity of its appearance to that of a candy cane. Its white body is covered in bright red patches. This morph is relatively popular, costing approximately $50.

7. Fluorescent Orange

Fluorescent orange morphs start life as small pink snakes. Once mature, they have patches of red outlined in white on top of an orange body. Their unique appearance commands a figure of $150 each.

8. Hypomelanistic

Hypomelanism is a genetic mutation that causes less black pigment to form. In the case of the corn snake, it is a rust and orange-colored snake. It is a common morph and costs approximately $30, but it is also the basis for many other morphs.

9. Okeetee

The okeetee is a wild morph, but they are difficult to find in the wild today. A captive-bred okeetee will cost you about $120.

10. Peppermint Stripe

The peppermint stripe is a genetic combination of amelanistic, cinder, and stripe genes. The resulting morph has a dark pink body and paler pink stripes, and because it is a difficult morph to breed, it can cost $200 to buy.

11. Red Amelanistic

The red amelanistic corn snake is a combination of two or more red and pink colors. They are sometimes known as red albinos and can cost $100 to purchase.

12. Sunkissed Corn Snake

The sunkissed morph is a combination of okeetee and hypomelanistic. They have a tan body with brown stripes and cost about $50.

13. Butter

Butter corn snakes are, unsurprisingly, yellow. They combine snow and caramel morphs and have a light-yellow body with darker yellow blotches. They also have red eyes and only cost $70 per snake.

14. Caramel Corn Snake

The caramel is a natural morph. It has a light brown body and darker brown patches. The patches can vary in shade. The caramel is a common morph used to form the basis of others. They are available for $40.

15. Creamsicle

The creamsicle morph is complicated. First, an Emory’s rat snake is bred with an eastern corn snake morph. The resulting offspring is then crossed with an albino to give the creamsicle coloration. It has a light-yellow body with darker yellow blotches and red eyes. Considering the complexity of this morph, it is surprising that they are available for as little as $70.

16. Eastern

The eastern corn snake is another wild morph found on the eastern coast of the US. They are common and have a brown body with red blotches. Because they are common, they have the same $30 price tag as the standard corn snake.

17. Florida

The Florida corn snake looks very similar to the Eastern, and the two are often confused. It has a tan base and red blotches and usually costs $30.

18. Anerythristic

There are two anerythristic morphs: A and B. They have no red, orange, or yellow pigmentation, and, as such, they are a combination of grays, whites, and blacks. The markings vary, and you should expect to pay up to $100.

19. Blue

Combining the charcoal and dilute genes gives us the blue dilute gene. The snake has an almost blue body with dark, gray blotches down the body. Expect to pay up to $200 per blue corn snake.

20. Ghost Corn Snake

The ghost corn snake combines the anerythristic and hypomelanistic corn snake morphs. Although it has the same markings as a standard corn snake, the colors are muted, giving the ghostly appearance that led to its nickname. The ghost corn snake costs approximately $50.

21. Black

The black corn snake must be bred from a black devil’s garden corn snake native to Southwest Florida. The resulting morph has a gray body with dark gray to black blotches. The difficulty of finding the parent snake means that this morph will set you back $100.

22. Blizzard

The blizzard morph is truly stunning. They are entirely white and have red eyes, but you may be able to see a light yellow line around the markings on the body. Expect to pay $150 for a blizzard corn snake.

23. Snow

The snow, or white albino, costs around $100 and is created by combining the amelanistic and anerythristic A morphs. This morph does not occur naturally.

24. Lavender

The lavender morph is very popular with reptile owners. The snakes look gray when young, but the gray becomes lavender as they age. One will cost $50, and the lavender morph is regularly used to cross with other morphs for even more unique snakes.

25. Miami Phase

The Miami phase corn snake has a silver body and orange blotches. Unusually, this species eats lizards rather than rodents and will set you back $70.

26. Opal

Combining the lavender and the amelanistic morphs gives us the designer opal morph. Their colors change a lot as they age, but expect this morph to have a white body with faint markings. They also have red eyes and cost $70.

27. Palmetto

This is a wild morph that has a white body with random colored spots. They have black eyes. Only two wild examples of this snake have been reported, and you will have to pay around $1,500 to get your hands on the palmetto corn snake.

28. Pewter

The pewter or peppercorn morph has a silver body and light blotches. The blotches fade with age, and the morph costs $100, with cleaner patterns attracting a slightly higher price.

29. Pink

The pink corn snake is a light pink color, but they have orange stripes and red dashes. They have red eyes, and you must pay $150 for one.

30. Scaleless Corn Snake

The scaleless corn snake is one of the rarest and most desirable morphs. It is missing some of its scales on the top or other areas of the snake. It still has some scales. Expect to pay $500 for this rare morph.

Conclusion

Corn snakes are popular pet snakes. As well as being easy to care for and calm to handle, they come in many morphs, most of which are surprisingly affordable. You can refer to our list of 30 of the most desirable and rarest morphs to determine which corn snake you want.

• We also have a full list of the 50 most well known corn snake morphs!

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