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some not so good photos...

Joe Forks Apr 18, 2008 12:23 PM

having problems with the flash on these, and got tired of dealing with it, so they are fine for the intended purpose, to share with you.

All three of these snakes just ate, so if they look large, especially that 07 female, that's why.

07 Female buckskin leonis I got from Brad Alexander

06 Male I got from Larry at Rock Canyon

07 Male I got from Tom at Dark Moon - Aubrey, I think this one goes good with one of your females!


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antelope Apr 19, 2008 09:30 AM

Wow Joe, those rock! I anxiously await mine from Chris Garcia, My big male buckskin is chompin at the bit!

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Todd Hughes

Joe Forks Apr 20, 2008 08:51 AM

>>Wow Joe, those rock! I anxiously await mine from Chris Garcia, My big male buckskin is chompin at the bit!
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>>Todd Hughes

Todd,
I can't wait to see your new snakes either!

Forks
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Brad Alexander Apr 19, 2008 09:41 PM

Nice looking snakes, especially the first one

Dude, you're right, you've got some crazy shadow thing going on there. I wouldn't even know how to reproduce that effect.

Joe Forks Apr 20, 2008 08:47 AM

>>Nice looking snakes, especially the first one
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She's doing well, growing fast.

>>Dude, you're right, you've got some crazy shadow thing going on there. I wouldn't even know how to reproduce that effect.

Let's hope you don't accidentally find out either, I think something is fried with that flash intensity setting. I'm pricing E3's now.
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Aaron Apr 20, 2008 12:56 AM

Nice Joe. Would you call that Rock Canyon one a "classic" leonis? Aside from the orangish head and tail, it looks alot like a leonis I had back around 1993 or so.

Joe Forks Apr 20, 2008 08:51 AM

>>Nice Joe. Would you call that Rock Canyon one a "classic" leonis? Aside from the orangish head and tail, it looks alot like a leonis I had back around 1993 or so.

I think so. They were around, but most of the ones I had had wider primaries. I have no idea where that thin banded 50 primary gene comes from though. I think it was buried in the gene pool and then bred out.
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Joe Forks Apr 20, 2008 09:00 AM

Aaron,
some of the first leonis I had, had markings very similar to the San Antonio de las Alanzas animal. A lot of the primaries were dorsally restricted and there were alternates present. I remember hatching a bright orange thin banded leonis from a yellow green leonis marked like I described in '80 or so. That was first generation from animals I got from Frank. It was the first orange one I had ever seen and I sold to a guy named skip (don't laugh he was an FBI agent haha).
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Photography by Joseph E. Forks
Captive Bred Locality Matched Desert Kingsnakes

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