There's been some real nice meahllmorms taken from Brazos Island in the past that's for sure. I really like the Nueces County locale ones I have on loan from Dave Powell via John Lassiter. The Brazos Island name is just to identify meahllmorums actually coming from Brazos. I've seen a couple Brazos rat snakes that weren't as nice as the Nueces County ones. Kind of like Okeetee corns. Not all true Okeetee corns are the nice colored ones we commonly think of. I've read and heard the meahllmorums on Brazos Island are quite variable. It has also been discussed some of it comes from the varability in incubation temps the eggs are exposed to in the Brazos Island habitat. I'm breeding one of the Nueces County meahllmorums on loan from Dave to a male whose parents are a female Hebbronville and a male Freer. The meahllmorums are variable and I hope to take the looks of these and see if it produces a nice phenotype I like. Of course some of the variability in meahllmorums comes from the integration to emoryi in the northern range of the meahllmorums. I think the integration zone is still somewhat ambiguous. Thanks for the post and sharing the pics. Hypomelanism is one of my favorite traits too. The first snake I ever saw that got me to really want a snake was a Hypomelanistic bullsnake.



Terry Parks

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