I think if you want to learn about the snakes you should pretty much throw out all the bias in captive breeding. Going solely by hard data, male milks are almost always bigger than their female counterparts. If you look at preserved specimens, I would dare say every ssp. record will be held by a male, so there is your answer. The obvious reason would be the amount of extra energy needed to produce and carry the eggs for about 1/8th of the female's life....coincidentally, that is the approximate adult size differential. And Black milks are not a good example because of the relative lack of available wc data/specimens. I would suggest you invest $10 into Applegate's milksnake manual, this will get you up to speed alot faster.

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• Sexual Dimorphism in Milks? - Ameron, Tue Dec 29 22:28:37 2009
• RE: Sexual Dimorphism in Milks? - LIRepman76, Wed Dec 30 07:38:39 2009
• RE: Sexual Dimorphism in Milks? - DMong, Wed Dec 30 10:59:38 2009
• So for most Milks, No Size Differences - Ameron, Wed Dec 30 16:07:12 2009
• RE: So for most Milks, No Size Differences - tspuckler, Wed Dec 30 16:58:18 2009
• RE: So for most Milks, No Size Differences - DMong, Wed Dec 30 18:25:07 2009
• RE: Sexual Dimorphism in Milks? - Jeff Schofield, Thu Dec 31 18:22:08 2009
• You Misperceived Jeff, I Regret That - Ameron, Thu Dec 31 22:10:11 2009
• I think I answered your question best - Jeff Schofield, Thu Dec 31 22:34:41 2009