Hi - this very well may be my first post in this particular forum 
Costello is a male '06 Abbott line Okeetee produced by Mike Greathouse (Reptilian Dreams).
He was originally purchased as a gift for my little brother, who has an '06 generic (but lovely) Okeetee purchased at the Sac show (East Bay Vivarium) that popped female at the Sac show - but now probes male. So since two males have difficulty producing any offspring, Costello remains mine - and I must admit I'm not sad to have him
These aren't the greatest photos in the world, but heh - they show his outstanding coloration and nice black borders on the saddles.
OK - that makes me nervous. I keep my cats indoors because that particular cat has a tendency to bring me snake gifts - perfectly unharmed Contia tenuis that live out in the yard. She drops them on me unharmed, but I'm sure the Contia don't like it. So when she decided to see what I was doing, the shoot had to end.
Parting shot of his belly pattern -
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He's my first corn snake. I've been into snakes for a long time, but never got around to owning a corn. He's such a lovely snake, I wish I had gotten into them sooner.
I hope to find him a nice '07 female Okeetee for future breeding, and maybe also an '07 female amel okeetee to make some nice hets.
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3.6 L. getula californiae - 16 eggs (Cal. King)
1.1 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
3.3 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - 14 eggs (Cal. Alligator Lizard)
