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20 freaking years I found a female.I live in Mono county and have seen about 8 kings in 30 years and about 5 since I knew how to sex them keep them etc..
Well,I have been trying to get a pair for ever and last night I finnaly scored a girl.
They are nothing real special except I bet you have never seen one before.

Anyway, here is the girl.

hre is one of the 2 males I have right now.

L8r

Beautiful banded cal kings!!!!

Also a "rare" Locality Line!!!

They are beautiful though !!

>>20 freaking years I found a female.I live in Mono county and have seen about 8 kings in 30 years and about 5 since I knew how to sex them keep them etc..
>>Well,I have been trying to get a pair for ever and last night I finnaly scored a girl.
>>They are nothing real special except I bet you have never seen one before.
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>>Anyway, here is the girl.
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>>hre is one of the 2 males I have right now.
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>>L8r
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

great find Shannon!

Can you explain why these are so hard to come by in Mono?
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Well, you are only in Mono county for a few miles (out of INYO) before you go way up in elevation.The county line on hyw 395 is at about 6000 and on hyw 6 its at about 5000.But there is very little habitat (its super dry) off of hyw 6 in MONO county for kings before the elevation goes way up.

L8r

Those are really beautiful locality.
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Nice find Shannon! They beat the heck out of anyting i can find here in NY..

I have a bunch of cards here for you.. ill wait till after the next round of shows and then i will send them over to you for the collection!

For those of you that have not seen Shannon's Reptile Business card collection, it can tell you that it is quite impressive!

~ Mike Russo

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>>For those of you that have not seen Shannon's Reptile Business card collection, it can tell you that it is quite impressive!
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I remember one time Shannon posted pictures of his collection ( or part of it) on the forum. That was very cool.

davrb
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in the light, you will find the road...

Thanks Man, It keeps growing and growing thanks in part to you, Kruse,Tom Sierra and a few others for picking them up for me at the out of the way shows.

I think I have about 1100 now.

L8r Shannon

I might pass on these rubbaneck.....lol. But I'm sure with some cream all this will pass.....can we have another picture, you know, togedda -- thaaank you very much sir. Close ups please....HI. Thank you.

Sol

Hey Rubberneck its pronounced mo-no like as in single channel? not like the virus you have.LOL....

gravid one you posted the other day???

Considering their rarity, how cool to find a gravid one - if that's the same girl....

Take care bro!

byron.d

Nope, the gravid one is from southern Inyo in the Desert not far from Ridgcrest.

L8r

Beautiful locality Shannon.
Steve

Congrats, Shannon! Wow! I know the feeling of looking for something and finally getting that payoff to your efforts! Awesome!

reako45

Thanks man, 3 times over the years I have found large (one was gravid) females fresh D.O.R.

L8r Shannon