Thanks for the suggestions!

As I said before, I've usually avoided AC, but that's mainly due to lack of availability around here. I do see them though, around the outskirts of Knoxville, but for the most part everything is pretty cleaned up.

I must admit I've probably avoided asking for permission to access such land due to the belief that the last thing a farmer/private landowner wants is some kid poking around his property. Plus I really don't put it past some places not to be growing other types of plants that perhaps they don't want anyone knowing about. And simply not asking.........well that's not an option and I really don't feel like getting shot(cannot stress this point enough).

Although, the University has not asked me to do an independent study or even correlated work with anyone concerning Serpentes in TN, just crediting myself as a Bio student interested in local fauna might be worth a shot.

By the way, all(but one) my animals are either bought or were given to me. The Speckled was given to me from a good friend that found out she was having a baby, and she needed to downsize her collection. The only snake that was W/C is the black king, and that was given o me by my boss/professor/herpetologist because he couldn't get it to eat.........I'll most likely be giving it back once it's reliably and consistently eating whole pinkies without hesitation.
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1.0.0 Lampropeltis getula holbrooki
0.1.0 Lampropeltis getula californae
0.0.1 Lampropeltis getula nigra
1.0.0 Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri
2.3.0 Eublapharis macularius macularius
0.0.2 Rhacodactylus ciliatus
0.1.0 Gerrhosaurus major major

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