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Work in progress...not close to done...many...many more to photograph...

Let's get this one out of the way...

Pandinus imperator from one of my breeding's in 2000 or 2001...

( very easy to breed )

Also a very bad pic of some eggs from a Fire Skink breeding in early 2003...

Box turtle that I gave to Jim way back in the day...

Various colubrids in collection...

Eastern Chain King snake...

Lemke Black pines...

Al Swanson line...Staten Island serpents.

Northern Pine's...

This has to be the slowest growing snake I have ever kept and or seen...

Baja California gopher snake, San Lucan ( San Lucan phase) Gopher Snake, Cape Gopher Snake.

Scientific Name: Pituophis catenifer vertebralis

I do not agree with the classification of the Pituophis sp.

I believe it should be taken out of catenifer and have full species status...

Pituophis vertebralis

Mother to my leucistic texas rat snakes...( this is one of the two lucy's I gave my friend John Rodriguez originally, he grew them up and bred and he got fertile eggs the first time she breed )

Captive bred by my friend John Rodriguez....

also my Lavender Texas Rat snake bred by Mark Bell

Lavender Texas rat snake CB Mark Bell

Captive bred or owned by my friend Jim Alexander or myself ( as in all posted neonate B.c.i. )....

some...B.c.i. in my collection...Note : all adult B.c.i. in this post are my friend Jim Alexander's and all neonates where captive bred by him unless otherwise noted...plus all Argentines are his snakes as well.

Mother to my B.c.i. that Jim gave me ( 2.2 )

litter from above female..

Jim's clutch from the northern pines that I gave him ( 1.2 ) in 2001 when I bred them.

His Argentine litter...

Virgin female bci ( my friend Jim's )....humm...I need some her babies....

One of my friend Jim's argentine babies...

BRB's.....Jeff Clark female...

Jeff Clark male...before color change...

Jeff Clark male...after color change...

other types of boa's in collection...

Various pythons in my collection....( notations when necessary )

( all ball pythons in this post are his ) Although, I do own one pair of regular ole Royals

Boo...peek-a-boo royal...

coastal carpet is Jointly owned with John Rodriguez...

also owned jointly with John is this one blood python...

Neonate from the last time I bred retic's or any python for that matter....been a long time.... was sorta Dormant, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's the ticket...

Blood male I gave to my friend Jim this year. (2007)

Diamond / JCP hybrid...

Pic that I got when photographing a mainland reticulated python....????? Yikes !!! lol

soon to be new JCP and womas captive bred by Mike Curtain ( captain_nemo )

Sold, given away, and or RIP...

Man behind the madness...

I saved my favorite ( animal ) for last..it is the only animal in my collection that I gave a real name. All others are very "generic" names to keep tract of pertinent data.

( for example...BW_bci_female...Boa Woman Boa constrictor imperator ) Ain't I exciting !!!!

BW_bci_female

Here's Mikey...

and a little ditty.....

Voices come from down the hall
In my room all painted white
I have my bat and rubber ball
I like to sleep with them at night

But now I'm all smiles
the good little shots must be winning
Yes, they crank my dial
My motor is stalled but my wheels are still spinning

Daddy won't discuss me
What a state I must be
Mommy couldn't stand living with a wind-up toy

All my friends live on the floor
Tiny legs and tiny eyes
They're free to crawl under the door
And, and someday soon so will I

But now I'm all smiles
These good little shots must be working
I'm so happy now
Look, my fingers don't shake and my head isn't jerking

Daddy won't discuss me
What a pain I must be
Mommy couldn't stand having such a wound-up boy

Doctors want to check me
Poke me and dissect me
What do they expect?
Feelings from a wound-up toy?
I don't think so
I'm just a wound-up toy
I'm just a wind-up toy

I'm lost in a nightmare
Shiny white halls
Drawing rats on the wall
Solitary confinement
Chained in a cell
got my own private hell

Preacher crucifies me
Warden wants to fry me
I was never young
Never just a little boy

Daddy won't discuss me
What a pain I must be
Mama couldn't stand having such a wound-up boy
I'm just a wind-up toy
I'm a wind-up toy
I'm just a wind-up toy
I'm just a wind-up toy

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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

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I love the BCIs and the Pits in the collection.

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>>I love the BCIs and the Pits in the collection.
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

On what basis are you removing vertebralis from the catenifer group? Is this just personal preference or are you relying on scientific taxonomical revision? Thanks...

Nice snakes btw...

-AzAtrox

based on my personal opinions and various scientific opinions I have perused. I think that this snake should be elevated to full species status and not lumped into catenifer.

some info...

http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection/CW69-14-338-2003E.pdf

http://www.calacademy.org/research/herpetology/Comb_Coll_Index/CombHerpGetEq.asp?Tbl=Comb_Coll_Index&Atr=Genus&Val=Pituophis

Grismer (2001) presented information suggesting that P. vertebralis (including bimaris) and P. insulanus of Baja California should be regarded as specifically distinct from P. catenifer.

Rodriguez-Robles and De Jesus-Escobar (2000) stated that some of the subspecies of P. catenifer in western North America may not deserve taxonomic recognition, due to minor differences and extensive intergradation.

http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=pituophis catenifer

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10631041&dopt=AbstractPlus

http://www.sdnhm.org/research/herpetology/bajarept.html

so I have an opinion which may or may not be correct, some taxonomists already consider them their own distinct species, but most lump into catenifer, both sides having merit in their opinions. Hence, the nomenclature of many different reptiles and amphibians in general is under many forms of scrutinizing and bias, and valid taxonomic arguments. I tend to lean in the direction that they are distinct enough in genetics from catenifer to warrant full species status. Some pages listed in this post argue against my opinions...but since I am no one well who cares lol.....

>>On what basis are you removing vertebralis from the catenifer group? Is this just personal preference or are you relying on scientific taxonomical revision? Thanks...
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>>Nice snakes btw...
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>>-AzAtrox
good read also....all around....

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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research