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The last few posts on Bairds, got me looking alittle closer again at mine, I do like them. Just got a new camera, getting better. Enjoy!

Ken Diehl

..the last straw. I'm gonna start looking into these. Absolutely beautiful. I guess I was put off in that I've seen a few very plain looking ones at shows or a couple of pet stores. What locality/line are yours?
Don

Thanks, IMO, Bairds and their combinations of colors is hard to beat! The first two, pictures is of a male purchased from Adam Block, the next two pictures are of a "Texas" Barids but, as brought up in earlier posts...and which I beleive has alot of Mexican in it, last two are of my albino male.

Ken

Ken,

I once had a Banderas County (TX) locale male specimen looking exactly like your supposed 'Tex/Mex' bairdi. The female, from the same locale, was very different. Very colorfull (brick red), but other than that just your typical TX bairdi. So TX bairdi's can vary a lot, even within the same locale, and I don't think your animal is a mutt, just an extremely bright colored bairdi from the eastern part of it's range in Texas. Also, Mexicans can be and often are significantly darker than your specimen, and their heads are shaped much more angular.

Within a few weeks I'll pick up a young pair of bairdi's that were produced by the breeding pair mentioned above. They already look exactly like their father.

Regards,

Herman Bronsgeest.

Nice group. I read your response and I had to go back and look at your "Texas" mexican looking animal. I thought it was a Mexican all the way but whatever. They are variable I guess The male you have posted first looks like it is still coming into its color. it looks promising.

I really like the look of the last one. I can't wait for mine to get bigger. Kinda wish I didn't brumate them this year, it was their first winter but I was just to busy to keep up my babies. I just brought them all up this week and all the Bairds I have stated eating like champs.

Jason

Ken, the albino's colors are really something. It looks to me that some of the metallic greys are actually still there. How can that be?
I'd love to see that critter in person.
Bring it to Austin next expo!
-Jack
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...and I think to myself, "What a wonderful world."

I was thinking that the grey-headed one really resembles what I'd imagine a Tex-Mex cross would look like.
Very pretty.
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...and I think to myself, "What a wonderful world."

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>>Ken, the albino's colors are really something. It looks to me that some of the metallic greys are actually still there. How can that be?

I believe that the albino Baird's are Tyrosinase positive, like some of the imperator boas and ball pythons. None of those animals have actually been tested to see if the enzyme T-Pos. is responsible...it's just a name they've been given.

DR

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They are gorgeous snakes, especially the albino.

It looks like a foggy pastel haze...very milky yet with a lot of subtle color. Gosh if I find an albino bairdi I'm going to get it.

Where did you get this albino and do you breed/have availability?

tom k