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This year my females gave me 3 good clutches. 1 huge clutch of 14 and a couple of very small clutches. I would have to say that none of the babies came out spectacular, they're just your average thayeri. Well, I guess the melanistic animals aren't that average, they have a lot of black in them, obviously from their mom. Here's a couple to start out with.

From my Randy Wright female

Obviously from my melanistic female

The next two are from my Bob Johnson female. These guys came out HUGE. Big 'ole beefy babies.

Beautiful animals as usual Brad.

They are all beautiful but I really love number 1 and 2. 2 probaly being my favorite.
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Michelle
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.

on that last one, pretty extreme
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Rick
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Brad,

Very nice looking animals man!!! I'm partial to #2 and #4...

Did you get any males from your melanistic clutch? Just wondering...

Later,
Jim.
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CSRAJim

Thank you!

And yes, I did get males out of my melanistic clutch

Those are all nice and some darn good pics too. Got more?
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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

Vichris Variables

Brad,
Those look very nice and as usual your photography skills are superb! In one of your other posts you said you got males from the melanistic clutch.....are they melanistic? Did you produce any melanistic and if so can you share pics?

Thanks,
Russ

Nope, didn't produce any melanistic this year, maybe next year though. But then, who knows, some of these animals from this year have a lot of black tipping. Maybe they'll turn black with age.

like black milksnakes? I've seen thayeri get pretty dark but I've never heard of them turning completly black like L.T. gaigeae.
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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

Vichris Variables

But I have seen alterna start out looking like a blairs, only a few years later to be pretty dang black throughout. Not jet black like black milks but pretty dark. Of course, that's coming from parents that did the same thing. I don't have enough experience with thayeri to know what is even likely to come from a single melanistic parent in the long run. I'll tell you what though, this years clutch came out with a lot more black than last years.

Brad