an adult pair and one of their cb 03 babies.



The male has the "normal" checkerboard belly pattern, the female has a mostly black belly with a few light squares, and the baby has a mostly yellow belly with only a few small black squares.



I think it is individual variation throughout the range rather than a regional thing like the black-bellied cal kings.
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Chris Harrison



...he was beginning to realize he was the creature of a god that appreciated the discomfort of his worshippers - W. Somerset Maugham

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• Follow up; lack of ventral pattern - Ecosense, Fri Dec 19 07:41:07 2003
• I have 3 cb easterns right now.... - chrish, Fri Dec 19 15:55:34 2003
• RE: Follow up; lack of ventral pattern - Keith Hillson, Fri Dec 19 16:54:02 2003
• The belly is clear, close to shed and a crappy photo. n/p - Ecosense, Sat Dec 20 07:48:45 2003
• Here's an Eastern I found in Georgia earlier this year... - Sean, Sat Dec 20 10:42:30 2003
• RE: Follow up; lack of ventral pattern - smokeysshadow, Sat Dec 20 13:46:49 2003