Essentially hundreds, if not more than a thousand, Lampropeltis alterna were legally collected for at least 21 years. That's 21 years of supportable lineage information without a requirement to plead the fifth, so there's really no excuse for NOT having supportable documentation for specimens collected during that LONG open period. Does anyone really believe that all those legally collected specimens have made it onto to the GBK forum? I don't think so. How long has kingsnake.com been up? How long have they required an independent hosting site to post pictures? What about collectors that didn't have computers, or even digital cameras? They are so many reasons why a "new" picture of a wc snake would surface at this time - so the photo in and of itself should not be considered incriminating. Besides, I think the real reason people are sharing photos of their wc stuff at this time is because they have nothing else to do, LOL.



As far as I know, NO ONE is asking WHEN these snakes were collected (nor should they out of protest IMHO); only where, by whom and how it was acquired in the case you're not the orginal collector.



ARE YOU POSITIVE about the effective date of the road ban (September 1, 2007)?



Robert

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