Here are a sweet pair of REAL central Guatemalan milksnakes (L.t.abnorma). About 98% of all other so-called "L.t.abnorma" one looks up on the net are completely bogus examples of Guatemalan polyzona, and other obvious crosses of very unknown origin. It has been this way for decades and there weren't very many authentic specimens of true L.t.abnorma around even many years ago. The last true abnorma I ever saw were back in the early 90's, and I'm sure even my pair that I had back then after I sold them to a pet store doon afterwards have LONG since been carelessly mixed into the "hobby Hondo" melting pot "stew" just like so many other similar subspecies have over the years.



I'm quite happy to say that I am one of only four(4) people in this entire country or Europe with any truly authentic L.t.abnorma from the highlands of central Guatemala (including my good friend the breeder, Scott Ballard). These are offspring that originate from a juvenile trio that was brought into the U.S. back in 2005.



Here is the awesome male. Except for the heads themselves, both of these specimens have so many rings they virtually look like Latin American "zonata" for chissakes..











a good photo depicting his incredibly high ring-count of 32 red body rings (RBR)..







Here is the gorgeous female after she shed just the other day. She has an awesome 31 RBR count!..











Thanks for looking everyone!....





~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"





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