Maybe "not many" keepers, but "not many" means yeah, sometimes there's a find.



This odd honduran (photo) showed up on the kingnsnake classifieds and fueled a short-lived campaign by several breeders that unfortunately ended (or has come close to ending) with the loss of most of the animals. For morph-breeders, it was exciting because its weird pattern modification (each black ring split by white) could have been bred into the many different color morphs, producing half a dozen different new phenotypes. It was advertised as a honduran; supposedly keyed out as such. But it would be interesting to hear what viewers here think about the ssp, given our heightened skepticism and the greater scrutiny that's now rightly brought to bear.



Anyway, the animal showed up on the classifieds. Like you, not expecting anything dramatic there, i read the ad, looked at the small photo, and didn't appreciate what was being offered. It was weeks later it dawned on me, and the chase was on.



I also seem to remember one of the mountain king morphs first showing up in a deli cup at the mid-atlantic reptile show. So just as a field hunt involves looking under a LOT of stones that produce no results, the same can be true of scanning the classifieds or looking in 1000 deli cups at a show: there's always the exciting anticipation of what the NEXT moment might bring...

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