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I paired up my 2004 bimacs last night, and they locked up pretty quickly. They were still at it this morning!

-Toby Brock

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Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Closer shot of the tails.

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Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Congrats! Sounds similar to one pair of my Chinese Diones this season who were hooked up for 18 hours!

Wow, that's a long time! I put these bimacs together between 11:30 pm - 12:00 am, and they were still locked up at about 9:00 am. I put the tub back in the rack and haven't bothered them since, so I don't know if they broke up after that or kept it up.

Those Chinese dione are are pretty similar to bimaculata in appearance, from what I've seen, at least more so than other localities of dione. Do you have any photos of them? I will be trying to breed dione from South Korean stock next year.

Photo: Subadult female Elaphe dione (South Korean)

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Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

>>Those Chinese dione are are pretty similar to bimaculata in appearance, from what I've seen, at least more so than other localities of dione. Do you have any photos of them?

My only photo is of one of my males as a juvie:

Ophidiophile Farms

Very nice dione! Yes, very similar to bimaculata, but some differences in dorsal markings and head shape, mainly. Thanks for posting that photo.

-Toby
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Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Congrats, Toby. Hope you get a decent clutch to work with. Keep us posted...

TC

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Ratsnake Foundation

Thanks Terry! Will do.

-Toby
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Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Way to go Toby!
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Todd Hughes

Thanks Todd!

-Toby
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Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research