I spoke to my friend Terry Vandeventer today and we got on the subject of Pines. It was kind of a shock for me to hear him mention what he believed to be a true Lucy which was wild caught. The person who found it was a guy by the name of Bob Fossey who apprently is still working with Reptiles today. Terry thought he saw the snake around 1969. So is this a missing link? Might there be another line other than Mark Bells? Are they one in the same? When I mentioned speculation that the Bell Line may be man made he seemed to share my thoughts that though they look like them...they're not truly Lucys[ that is IF they are indeed man made]and see if he can shed some light on the subject. Terry did mention his Lucy Cottonmouths are also a type of snake that are pink when they're born....but turn bright clean white. I will continue to post any info I come across Tom Stevens
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Good stuff Tom,Heres a month old baby from the adults I had.They were Mark Bells and I do believe they were man made from many many generations.The adults were snow white though.
Shannon
Hey Tom
Yeah I think they where true WC Leucistic. You can still find them for sell, they run about $100 to $150 I beleive. I had some years ago. They where pink not white and no pattern what so ever, look just like the one Shannon posted. I tried to dig up some pics of them but I had no luck.
jason
