This is a photo of the original, speckled bullsnake caught near Omaha Nebraska. The photo was taken in 1992. It appeared speckled to me at the time with a dark spot in the center of every straw colored scale and thus the name. When caught in 1991, the snake was at least 2 years old. As discussed in a thread below, the legitamat question arises if it has a southern pine background. It does not. To descend from a patternless southern pine it would have had to have come from F1 parents bred at least 2 years before I got it. The F1 (southern x bullsnake) parents would have had to originate at least 4 years earlier. This puts it in the mid 80's. This is the time that the first patternless southern pines were just beginning to be successfully bred (I think). Additionally, as can be seen in the following posts of F1's produced from the original wild caught speckled, they appear to be entirely bullsnake with no hint of southern blood. I am also posting a picture of some of the outcome of combining the speckled gene with other variations.
Gary
. I need more bulls from you!
blotch count of that F1 compared to the 5 phenotypic normals I've got from you, I'm convinced...especially if all of my babies are consistent as all of these (and that one) is.