There's an excellent article in an old "Vivarium" magazine (Volume 1, Number 2) where Bob Applegate talks about going to Mexico to collect Pueblans. From what it said in that article, they are not only hard to find, but the difficulty in getting snakes out of Mexico is much higher than collecting in other countries where milk snakes exist.

In the article it states "In August 1975 J.A. Campbell collected an unusual milksnake...Mr. Campbell was able to collect a few more of these milksnakes in 1978 and 1979." Followed by "In July of 1982 I was fortunate enough to accompany Richard Beery in search of the elusive Pueblan milksanke. Mr. Beery had captured two specimens in 1981 and brought them back to the USA. Both were females, and one proved gravid (Yes, the eggs hatched)...We spent from July 14 through July 17 cruising the road at night and walking the canyons by day..but we did not find any Pueblan milksnakes. Although one was given to us by the Martinez family. We left the basin with an unfilled quota on our permit."

"Since, 1975, relatively few live specimens have found their way to the US and into the hands of captive breeders. The story of the resulting progency of that original handful is nothing short of astounding."

Tim

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