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I flipped this big old girl last year in Lawrence County. The snakes from this area are referable to syspila. Some of them are absolutely amazing and would rival the nicest Missouri ones.

Farther east in the state the influence of triangulum becomes more apparent. This Morgan County snake I found year before last is really interesting to me. Snakes from this area tend to be patterned like
Easterns but colored like syspila.

Great looking subjects,...AND photos!

Yeah,....you can really see the Eastern's genetic influence in the second pic.

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Those are really nice. The L.t.t. influence adds a nice look.
I'm surprised we don't see more Alabama locale Syspila in the hobby. Nice photos too.
-Phil
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Work is the curse
of the drinking class!

n/p
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Their both great looking syspila, but I really like the first one. Do you have any habitat shots by chance?

-Dell

Hey Dell. Here's a shot of typical habitat for the Eastern-influenced snakes from Morgan, Madison, Jackson Counties etc.
This region has a lot of limestone outcrops on the hillsides.
The transmission line rights-of-way open up the woodlands and encourage more weeds and grasses and mice and skinks etc.

I don't have a photo of any habitat for the typical syspilla snakes in Lawrence and Winston Cos. It is really very different from any Milk Snake habitat you've ever seen. It's heavily forested ridges with few rocks, consequently the animals are extremely difficult to find.

Thats a good shot of some habitat. And the first thing I thought was "wow, looks hard to hunt". Then I read the rest of your post under the photo.
I bet it's difficult hunting. But those syspila look like there worth it.
Thanks for the photo.

-Dell

One heck of a multistrata you have there man... whew... outstanding!

Chris

Hey same time, same place Batman.

Thanks Chris, you too. You have some great NA milks. Good head shot in that last shot.

-Dell

Hey Scott,

Love those Alabama animals.... still amazed those are from relatively close proximity -- hope to have some luck a state or two over myself... if not then maybe I'll stroll over to AL and try my hand! Here are some pics of coastal MD triangulum from the Montgomery County... big fan of purer animals but these intergrade zones have me intrigued... thanks for sharing.

Chris

Nice animals Chris, like the snake in the last photo.

-Dell

Absolutely stunning. Thanks for posting those!

-Cole

Both of those are absolutely gorgeous!! Good job on the pictures as well.
Nathan