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Hi!

I post this in both forums, kingsnakes and milksnakes.

A friend of mine hatched out those animal from a het. to albino breeding of the species Lampropeltis ruthveni.

He asked me to post this in the forum.
Does anybody know more about piebaldism in the genus Lampropeltis ?

If you want to get more infos, feel free to ask or check his web-site:
http://www.lampropeltis.unas.cz/

Regards,
Gerrit

Koenigsnattern - Lampropeltis

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http://www.lampropelten.de.vu

Considering how incredibly deformed that was... I would not even consider that piebald to the least bit.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.freewebs.com/mikesnake
Updated 7/10
www.captivebredforum.com

For once, I agree with Mike
You can't really assume a piebald trait with a deformed snake IMO.
Too bad.
Anyway, there may have been a "piebald sort" in the triangulum complex a few years back if I remember..
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

www.crimsonking.funtigo.com

Yea, what you said, hahahahahahaha its bloody deformed. It surely has all sorts wrong with it.

On the otherhand, many many years ago, My childhood best friend and I were snake hunting in Elsinore Cal. And this old lady(she used to feed us)(really really neat lady) called us over as she found us a calking, it was a piebalded adult. Unfortunately, we were too young and dumb to do anything with it. Cheers

I have to agree that this cannot be considered a piebald trait..

Several years ago i had a hovabator malfunction and a clutch of severly deformed gray banded kings hatched out with deformaties and similar white patches.

In my opinion the white patches on this severly deformed animal are due to scales not being properly formed and you are seeing the color of the exposed underdeveloped skin..

~ Mike Russo

My Striped/Blotched Applegate Sinaloans have a little bit of White Piebaldism on their snouts and tails...not alot, and not like the strict demarcation like Ball Pythons can get.