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Hi Everyone

No, I didn't buy a lotto ticket, hehe. But I took a couple of pics of my pituophis after taking some lineaticollis pics for Glenn's post. Here are some up-n-comers for the 07/08 season. I'm really excited for my pituophis next year since I will be breeding a couple of them for the first time. Hope you guys enjoy the pics. Take care.
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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

Hoping to produce some abberant babies from abberant parents. Here's my female from Lemke/Kardon stock. Her anterior portion of her by has a peachy tan and black coloration and then turns into rich reds and oranges posteriorly.

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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

Very beautiful! But unfortunately it's not a true Pituophis deppei. Prefrontals are divided...

Hi

I did discuss this feature with the originating breeder and we also talked to other individuals regarding the matter. The parents and the lineage of this particular animal was traceble back to the original animals that was collected by Alan Kardon. Both of the parents, and for that matter grandparents, have the 2 prefrontals as well as its other siblings and some breeders have also reported some incidence variations of the prefontals from 2, 3, and as in this case 4. From what I understand and what I and the breeder have discussed with other parties is that this variation is possible due to the "integration and introgression that occurs between P. deppei and P. m. affinis in Northern Mexico (Conant 1965, Morafka 1977 - agreed)". This issue would further reinforce that theory by these two researchers that there may have been, or still, some interaction between the two species in that area. There's a lot to be studies since there have been no studies on movements of these animals movements in elevation in these areas.
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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

Hello

I really didn't know about this P. deppei jani / P. catenifer affinis hybrid zone, therefore I just assumed the 4 prefrontals in your P. d. jani must have been the result of a crossbreeding in captivity. Surely, a neutral or perhaps even beneficial trait such as a divided prefrontal could introgres a long way into the area of an otherwise distinct species. Such traits may enable the species to exploit habitats otherwise not accessible, ultimately (and potentially) altering the evolutionary outcome of the species. So these publications you mentioned make me very curious, and I'll definately check them out.

Best regards,

Herman Bronsgeest
The Netherlands

Here's my Kingsville, TX locale red bull female. I'm really happy on how whe turned out. I always check inside the box a couple of times a day just to check her out. I can never get over the colors. It even beats my orange thayeri in intensity.

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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

Here's another shot that shows her entire body. I like how the colors and contrast gets more intense towards the tail.

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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

That has got to be the redest Bull I've ever seen, freaky.

That snake is increadible! Too bad more of the Kingsvilles don't turn out that nice. I want some in a bad way.

Funny, I was just browsing your website.. Nice pics of Sycamore Canyon! I've run into more then one herper while hiking down that canyon. LOL. And alot of biologists look for certain butterflies or scorpians. Man I miss Arizona.
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Brienne Earnst

DeviantArt Photo Gallery

Keeping mostly Morelia and Elaphe ssp.

Hi Brienne

Thanks. I know what you mean. I was fortunate enough to see its sibling so I had something to compare it to. I picked her since she had the most red specks as a hatchling. Some do turn out nice also but one wouldn't assume that they would as hatchlings.

I was in Sycamore Canyon this summer with a friend of mine who was not only a herper but a bug guy also. Like you said, there were lots of cool bugs in the area in the daytime and specially at night. There were also lots of birds too but I didn't have my telephoto ext. back then to get decent pics of them. I love going there for a short vacation and will try to do it anually if time permits. There are still lots of animals that I haven't found and to be added to the life list.

Thanks again for the compliment. Take care.
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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

This male really shows why Gary B. called them as speckled bulls. I like how this morph looks like the snake is moving(like when you take blurry pic of a moving snake) when it actually isn't. He even shows some faint striping on him. His speckled mate is on the lighter side and they are both possible 3x hets. Oh man! the excitement! hehe.

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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

Wow, you have some amazing Bulls! In this pic he looks like he is plated in gold.

Here's a pic of my female. Although she is pretty much unicolored, I like how this morph combinations shows a subtle beauty. A terror when she was a hatchling but have since calmed down. Love this girl!

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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

What can I say, wow!

Wow outstanding Pits my friend. Are those Kingville Reds very nice. All are are outstanding, great stuff.

Jason

Hi Jason (Mr. Pituophis Morph, hehe)

Thanks bro. I got them from Shannon an picked them out when he came to Sacramento a couple of years ago. I'm really happy I had the chance to pick 'em out and specially after how they turned out. I appreciate the kind words esp. coming from an avid pituophis breeder like youself.
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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

Gorgeous snakes Jonel. You are really going to be producing some great stuff. If you have a chance please email me at TomsSnakes@gmail.com
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TomsSnakes.com

One of my pride and joy. Here's a Axanthic White-sided Speckled male. Planning to breed him to my females in the future to get some killer morph combos. We'll see if he's up for the challenge.

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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

Stunning. You have some amazing morphs in the US. Here I am stuck in Canada. Nothing like that up here

Hi Durrus

That sucks. I'm sure you would love to keep some of these guys. Some of the bigger breeders can ship to Canada and to Europe though so you may want to ask around. Thanks again for the nice words. Take care.
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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

Great snakes and photography. I also like your website. I like the logo, the layout, etc... Nice work.

Hi Clydesdale

Thanks. I try to make it nice but is always a work in progress. I still have alot of stuff to do (like the pituophis pics & descriptions, hehe). Glad you like 'em
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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

Nice!! Love all those guys.....

BTW,the eggs I got fathered by that beautiful Cape male you sold me,pipped tonight!!
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Lloyd Heilbrunn

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.

Hi Lloyd

Very nice to hear from you. I'm sure he produced nice babies for you. I know everyone would love to see pics of those guys. Keep me updated. Thanks again.
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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

Two of eight out so far,and they look very nice.I'll try to post some pics soon......
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Lloyd Heilbrunn

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.

Hi Lloyd

That's great. I can't wait to see those pics. Thanks and take care.
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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

Jonel,

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing those pics!
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Diego

Diego & Tiffany's Zoo:
SNAKES
4.3.0 Corn Snakes (Different morphs)
1.1.0 Everglades Rat Snakes
1.0.0 Baird's Rat Snake
0.1.0 Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
0.1.0 Amel Pacific Gopher Snake
1.0.0 Het Amel San Diego Gopher Snake
1.1.0 Sonoran Gopher Snake
0.1.0 Amel Sonoran Gopher Snake
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
2.1.0 Gray Banded Kingsnakes (River Road)
0.1.1 California Kingsnakes
0.1.0 Thayeri Kingsnake
0.0.1 Florida Kingsnake
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Dumeril's Boa
1.1.0 Rosy Boas (Mexican & Mid Baja)
1.1.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
0.1.0 Indonesian Dwarf Pacific Boa
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
1.0.0 Honduran Milksnake
1.2.0 Ball Pythons
1.0.0 Woma Python
1.1.0 Cape York Spotted Pythons
1.1.0 Macklot's Pythons
1.0.0 Western Hognose
1.0.0 Yellowtail Cribo
0.1.0 Blacktail Cribo

LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
3.1.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 1 RedXGold, 1 Citrus)
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.3.0 Leopard Geckos
1.0.1 Yellow Niger Uromastyx
1.1.0 Chuckwalla
0.1.0 Banded Gecko

FROGS
2.2.0 Southern Bell Frogs
1.0.1 Green Tree Frogs
1.0.0 Striped Walking Frogs
1.1.1 White's Tree Frogs

Thanks Diego. BTW, I didn't get the email (regarding the lineaticollis post below) you mentioned.
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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

Really? I just thought you were being a snob...lol...

I will try a different approach. I will try your website.
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Diego

Diego & Tiffany's Zoo:
SNAKES
4.3.0 Corn Snakes (Different morphs)
1.1.0 Everglades Rat Snakes
1.0.0 Baird's Rat Snake
0.1.0 Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
0.1.0 Amel Pacific Gopher Snake
1.0.0 Het Amel San Diego Gopher Snake
1.1.0 Sonoran Gopher Snake
0.1.0 Amel Sonoran Gopher Snake
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
2.1.0 Gray Banded Kingsnakes (River Road)
0.1.1 California Kingsnakes
0.1.0 Thayeri Kingsnake
0.0.1 Florida Kingsnake
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Dumeril's Boa
1.1.0 Rosy Boas (Mexican & Mid Baja)
1.1.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
0.1.0 Indonesian Dwarf Pacific Boa
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
1.0.0 Honduran Milksnake
1.2.0 Ball Pythons
1.0.0 Woma Python
1.1.0 Cape York Spotted Pythons
1.1.0 Macklot's Pythons
1.0.0 Western Hognose
1.0.0 Yellowtail Cribo
0.1.0 Blacktail Cribo

LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
3.1.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 1 RedXGold, 1 Citrus)
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.3.0 Leopard Geckos
1.0.1 Yellow Niger Uromastyx
1.1.0 Chuckwalla
0.1.0 Banded Gecko

FROGS
2.2.0 Southern Bell Frogs
1.0.1 Green Tree Frogs
1.0.0 Striped Walking Frogs
1.1.1 White's Tree Frogs

LOL, I'm not like that bro. Got it and email sent back
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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com

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Diego

Diego & Tiffany's Zoo:
SNAKES
4.3.0 Corn Snakes (Different morphs)
1.1.0 Everglades Rat Snakes
1.0.0 Baird's Rat Snake
0.1.0 Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
0.1.0 Amel Pacific Gopher Snake
1.0.0 Het Amel San Diego Gopher Snake
1.1.0 Sonoran Gopher Snake
0.1.0 Amel Sonoran Gopher Snake
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
2.1.0 Gray Banded Kingsnakes (River Road)
0.1.1 California Kingsnakes
0.1.0 Thayeri Kingsnake
0.0.1 Florida Kingsnake
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Dumeril's Boa
1.1.0 Rosy Boas (Mexican & Mid Baja)
1.1.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
0.1.0 Indonesian Dwarf Pacific Boa
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
1.0.0 Honduran Milksnake
1.2.0 Ball Pythons
1.0.0 Woma Python
1.1.0 Cape York Spotted Pythons
1.1.0 Macklot's Pythons
1.0.0 Western Hognose
1.0.0 Yellowtail Cribo
0.1.0 Blacktail Cribo

LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
3.1.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 1 RedXGold, 1 Citrus)
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.3.0 Leopard Geckos
1.0.1 Yellow Niger Uromastyx
1.1.0 Chuckwalla
0.1.0 Banded Gecko

FROGS
2.2.0 Southern Bell Frogs
1.0.1 Green Tree Frogs
1.0.0 Striped Walking Frogs
1.1.1 White's Tree Frogs

Sweet! Everyone of thos epics are awesome! There are some really outstanding morphs being created for Pits. Interested in seeing the offspring they produce.

reako45

Hi Reako

Thanks. It is very cool all these morphs available now There's a lot of people who worked hard to get them to this post so we can enjoy them. There are still a lot that still has to be seen. Great stuff.
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Jonel M. Lopez

www.spsnakes.com