Miami Phase

Miami phase corn snakes are a line-bred, locality-style form of the corn snake, Pantherophis guttatus, associated with the pale gray and bright saddle contrast seen in some south Florida animals. It is usually not treated as a single-gene morph. The look is selected over generations, so individuals may range from cool silver-gray with crisp red-orange blotches to warmer animals that only suggest the phase. The dark saddle borders and checkered belly remain close to the wild-type pattern, giving the snake a classic corn snake outline with a cooler background than most normals.

Captive care is the same as for other corn snakes: a secure enclosure, clean substrate, hides on a temperature gradient, fresh water, and appropriately sized thawed mice. The label matters most when buying or breeding. Ask whether the animal comes from documented Miami phase lines or is simply a pale normal, because pairings determine how consistently the gray background and contrast appear. Feeding history and calm handling matter more than exact shade.

Colors: Albino, Amel, Amelanistic, Anery, Anerythristic, Bloodred, Butter, Candy Cane, Caramel, Charcoal, Cinder, Creamsicle, Dilute, Fire, Ghost, Granite, Hypo, Lava, Lavender, Masque, Miami Phase, Motley, Normal, Okeetee, Opal, Palmetto, Pewter, Plasma, Reverse Okeetee, Scaleless, Snow, Stripe, Sunglow, Sunkissed, Tessera, Ultramel, Wild Type