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RichH
at Sun Dec 13 13:33:07 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RichH ]
Although I am a stickler for locale, most of the time, I do choose those herps that are visually exceptional from any particular area. My "Barrens" northerns need to be large Black/White/Red suckers. There is another phase I have been searching for. The red phase northerns from years gone by. Very large, heavy bodied snakes with an almost blood red ground color with an extremely dark pattern. I think these have been lost as I have not come across one in many years.
I also like South Texas Bullsnakes BUT the largest and yellowest I can find. Another example of a locale I may never come across would be Black Pines from Southern Mississippi. Examples of which (at least I have seen) can rival eastern indigoes. But here, I would add any Black Pines that were that dark, regardless of locale.
So, yes, I prefer locale herps but, I do hold out until I can acquire what I deem desirable. I am such a stickler with this that I have yet to acquire several herps on my short list only for the fact that what I have come across do not have the visual attributes I find desirable.
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Not Quite... - RichH, Sun Dec 13 13:33:07 2009