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I am probably as excited about this breeding as any others in the collection. They are het for nothing but have really solid localty data and are pretty darned good looking... IMHO. Especially the male with his muted liver saddles.

Fingers are crossed!

WOW I would be too.Thats way better than any morph out there.

Congrats,
Shannon

sign me up!!!!! IMO, one of the hardest pituophis to find is a good looking mugitus that's het for nothing.
daveb
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I agree with you guys 100%!

I'll take a nice normal over a het or any kind of morph!

//Todd

Nice..one of my favorite pits. Below is an old photo of my female Ocala locale that I had bred since the early 90's.This female was an '89 hatchling and she was a great breeder. One of the biggest mistakes I have ever made was not keeping back some of the offspring...my breeders died out two years ago...and I would love to have some more locality fl. pines...so John if this story makes you feel bad for me keep me in mind for some.

Scott John Reptiles

Sooooo nice!!! I like the patterns too.

Jason

Good to see folks breeding locale specific Florida pines, as I believe that with the exception of the Florida panhandle, mugitus is being relentlessly squeezed into microhabitats. As a Florida resident, I am prohibited by law to possess more than one unless an amel. While Duval county is rather large, I'm guessing your stock is from the western fringe.......close to the Osceola National Forest. If closer to the coast, your stock may well be from one of those diminishing microhabitats. Nice looking animals nonetheless!

The father was picked up by a veterinarian friend in Jacksonville and the mother was from a nearby suberb a bit away but still within the county.

A friend and I went down ten years ago to see these guys in habitat. We only saw a single road killed individual about 3 ft long.

At that time the building craze was on so I can imagine it has only gotten worse.