This Ultra Het Amelanistic Corn Snake is a beautiful 2025 baby with serious breeding potential. The ultra gene gives this snake a distinctive gray-lavender appearance — but the real value is what you can’t see.
This snake is heterozygous for amelanistic, meaning it carries the albino gene recessively. Pair it with another amelanistic or het, and you’ll produce stunning amelanistic (albino) offspring. Even better, combining ultra with amel opens the door to producing ultramel, a gorgeous morph with vibrant orange and yellow coloring.
Whether you’re starting your first breeding project or adding new genetic lines, this baby offers incredible value at just $100.
- The ultra gene is an allele of the amelanistic gene, sitting at the same genetic locus — when you breed an ultra to an amelanistic, you get ultramel, a stunning combination morph.
- Corn snakes get their name not from their diet, but from the checkered pattern on their belly scales that resembles multicolored Indian corn.
- A single pair of het amelanistic corn snakes has a 25% chance of producing visual amelanistic (albino) babies in every clutch.
Enclosure: Start babies in a 10–20 gallon; upgrade to 40-gallon breeder as they grow
Temperature: Warm side 85°F, cool side 75°F; thermostat-controlled heat mat
Humidity: 40–60% ambient; increase slightly during shedding
Diet: Pinky mice for babies, sizing up as the snake grows; feed every 5–7 days
Lifespan: 15–20+ years
Experience Level: Perfect for beginners — the #1 starter snake
- Dual genetic value — visual ultra gene plus hidden het amelanistic
- Ultramel potential — breed to an amelanistic to produce the highly desirable ultramel morph
- Just $100 — exceptional entry point for two marketable genetic traits
- 2025 baby — young and healthy with its entire breeding career ahead
- Ultimate beginner snake — corn snakes are gentle, hardy, eat readily, and tolerate handling beautifully
