Ok, well... A lot of it depends on what you're interested in. I'm a natural history buff, so the majority of my "top picks" will be due to their natural history. Also, I'm literally obsessed with triangulum, so I like them all, but for different reasons. In no particular order, here are the things I like about a few of the various forms I work with:

multistata - Small, colorful (can be stunning), native to my area, fascinating natural history (any critter that can survive our winters is AWESOME), beautiful habitat, fun to see in the wild, a welcome and rewarding challenge to breed and work with

gentilis - most of the same reasons as multistrata (which some consider to be part of gentilis), plus I like black crossovers which are common in this form

syspila - underappreciated, beautiful, beautiful natural habitat, a rewarding challenge to work with

hondurensis - Large, colorful, interesting genetics, easy hatchlings, readily available, affordable

gaigeae - all of the reasons Gerry listed, plus they're uniquely colored and fascinating ecology/habitat

polyzona - large-ish, cool bi-colored look in adults, good and nippy (I like snakes with attitude), great natural habitat

nominate triangulum - subtle beauty in pleasing earth tones, amazingly hardy, yet the hatchlings are a rewarding challenge

campbelli - good examples are STUNNING (but uncommon - many available animals are mislabeled crosses), fascinating natural history and habitat (lots of endemic xerophyte flaura and fauna in the Zapotitlan Basin), not too large or too small, prolific breeders, feed well

sinaloae/nelsoni/conanti/arficera - grouped together for reason's I'm not going to get into, but they're great, all around - colorful, diverse clinal variation (corresponds to habitat), feed well, great size, affordable. I love Pacific Mexico, it's people, food, beer, and ecology

oligozona - the animals I work with are conantiXcampbelliXoligozona intergrades from Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. They fit between the "Pacific" group above, campbelli, and polyzona. Awesome animals. Stay resonably sized, are beautiful, feed easily

I work with othes too, but that's all I've got time for.

L. t. campbelli


L. t. hondurensis ("hobby" hondo, anyway)




L. t. multistrata








L. t. gentilis


L. t. syspila


L. t. polyzona

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