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It took me long enough to get this posted. First there was the lost and found camera, then the original animals captured to photograph never quite recovered from the blisters you see on easterns when the come out of hibernation. As some of these were on their faces I never even bothered to take the photos. Anyway on returning to the site of their capture I came upon this beast. He was quite impressive, good weight, excellent pattern with a lustrous jet black ground color and china white markings. He looked like someone polished him.

Here he is again. Its a shame the straw got in the way but at this point he was totally unmolested other than uncovering him.

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Wow impressive. How long would you estimate him to be ? Thanks for sharing Tony.

Keith

>>It took me long enough to get this posted. First there was the lost and found camera, then the original animals captured to photograph never quite recovered from the blisters you see on easterns when the come out of hibernation. As some of these were on their faces I never even bothered to take the photos. Anyway on returning to the site of their capture I came upon this beast. He was quite impressive, good weight, excellent pattern with a lustrous jet black ground color and china white markings. He looked like someone polished him.
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I would say he was approaching 4 feet. BTW feel free to put these on your site

That is one of the nicest Easterns I've ever seen Tony. I like the narrow and yet complete high chain pattern.

Ditto! VERY nicely patterned.If E.Kings could be judged like a dog show,that one would be at the top.

and the pics really don't do him justice Aaron. I'm partial to the wide banded kings but the high gloss and pure white on this huge fella is hard to beat. The good part is that I also have 16 eggs in the incubator from this population. Of the six I found there 4 had MUCH less white than this one and the last was a classic wide banded specimen. It'll be interesting to see what hatches out!

What an impressive king!
Very nice.
Still coming to Daytona?
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

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One of the purtiest I've seen! How far from D.c. is that? approx? My daughter lives there and I am looking for an excuse!
Todd hughes

Todd, that would be around 210-240 miles. Northhampton co. is on Virginia's Eastern shore. I'm in Southeastern Va. and I'm about 140 miles from DC.

Steve

>>One of the purtiest I've seen! How far from D.c. is that? approx? My daughter lives there and I am looking for an excuse!
Todd hughes