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About twelve years ago(1995), a good friend of mine caught this sweet looking "Miami" phase female in Broward County, FL. (just above Miami/Dade County) as a juvenile of about sixteen inches. When I visited his house one day and saw this snake, I was VERY impressed with what I saw......I was NOT going to leave his house without that snake!!.....At the time, I had MANY different types of snakes, and was involved with with various breeding projects, so I offered him a "snowcorn" hatchling, and an "anerythristic" hatchling in trade for that w/c "little gem" he had. He eventually agreed to part with it, especially when he later saw how badly I wanted it........She later went on to become a very productive breeder, and had many clutches of eggs, she even mated with Doug Beard's "Miami" corn in an aquarium at a reptile show in front of hundreds of people!!.......out of all the many various corns I've had through the years, she was definitely one of my favorites!..............Doug

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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

I can see why you wanted her in your collection. Very nice.

shes a lovely specimen!!! i dont know why, buti like miami phases alot. i especially like the miamis with the lil freckles through their body... makes them unique!!!
~kin
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~Sober Serpents~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNAKIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude) [just a pet...she started it all]
1. Orange normal (Romeo)
1.2 Miami Phase (Hector, Emily, Charlotte) thanks jeff!
2. Miami Phase part zigzag (Starkey, Mcvitty)[Emilys F2]
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury) .1 Blizzard (Detta)
1. Classic het Hypo, poss het Amel, Anery (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy) [Emilys F1 babies]
.1 Deep Red Amel (Pepperoni) *1. Deep red amel coming soon!
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss HET Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Hypo HET Stripe (Gracie Lou) 1. Hypo Stripe (Gideon)
1.1 Anery HET Motley (Lleroy, Persia)
.1 Candy Cane (Peaches HoneyBlossom) [Just a pet]
1. Abbotts Okeetee (Albert) [Charlottes son]
1.1 Snow (Crickle, Isis) .1 Green Snow (Maya)
1. Caramel poss HET Butter (Topher)
.1 Anery stripe (V) [husbands snake...he named it]
.1 Orange Reverse Okeetee (Lonna)
1.2 Bloodred HET Amel 1. Amel HET Bloodred

Others:
1.1 Black rats (Willard, Cecily)
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Dweezil, Skunky)
1. High-white Reverse Spotted Cal King (Wishbone) *.1 soon!
.1 Albino Stripe Cal King (Eve)
.1 Bananna spotted/stripe cal king (Speckle) Thanks Jeff!!!
1.1 Thayeri (Giuseppe[MSP], Cheyenne)
1.1 Creamsicle HET Motley(Orangejello, Genevieve)
1. Creamsicle motley (no name) Thanks Jimmy!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LEOPARD GECKOS~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 Blizzard (Blitz)
.1? High yellow (no name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLES~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)
.1 snapping turtle (no name, ideas welcome)

BEEEEAUTIFUL!!!! Jeff

Nice. I've always been a fan of Miami corns.

Tim

Third Eye

>>About twelve years ago(1995), a good friend of mine caught this sweet looking "Miami" phase female in Broward County, FL. (just above Miami/Dade County) as a juvenile of about sixteen inches. When I visited his house one day and saw this snake, I was VERY impressed with what I saw......I was NOT going to leave his house without that snake!!.....At the time, I had MANY different types of snakes, and was involved with with various breeding projects, so I offered him a "snowcorn" hatchling, and an "anerythristic" hatchling in trade for that w/c "little gem" he had. He eventually agreed to part with it, especially when he later saw how badly I wanted it........She later went on to become a very productive breeder, and had many clutches of eggs, she even mated with Doug Beard's "Miami" corn in an aquarium at a reptile show in front of hundreds of people!!.......out of all the many various corns I've had through the years, she was definitely one of my favorites!..............Doug
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Hey Doug,
She truly is a beauty... but there was something you said that kind of made me sit back and say...BUMMER.
You said "she WAS definitely one of my favorites"
Does that mean you no longer have her, or worse, she's dead?
That would be a shame.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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Yes, I had to "down-size" the collection some years ago and sold her.........I really wish I still had her today though, she was a magnificent representation of the "Miami" phase Cornsnake. It seems like every snake owner/breeder has let go certain snakes that they later wished they had not, but at least she didn't die on me as you asked about......thanks for asking..............Doug
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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!