>>Does anyone work with or know of anyone who works with thorn scrub rats? They have peaked my interest as of late.
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>>Matt Kauffman

Hello Matt, I just noticed this thread (been out of town a few days). As others have mentioned, "thornscrub" is a casual term for the southern form of emoryi, Pantherophis emoryi meahllmorum, and are also known as "meahllies" by some of us enthusiasts. I work with a small collection of Nueces County, TX meahllmorum and I usually produce at least one clutch per year, but I did not breed them this year. My adults are all quite large, and range between four and five feet long and weigh up to a kilogram. It is very common for this form to get this large in coastal south Texas.

-Toby Brock

Photos:
1) Big, old female LTC which is (+)4.5 ft long, and over a kilogram.
2) One of her '04 offspring as a subadult (1.5 - 2 yr old)
3) Another LTC female, when she was approximately 2 - 3 years old












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