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Here are some Texas rat pics I took today.

This is a subadult Orange phase Texas rat (Lemke line) female, hatched here. Pic was taken outside so her colors don't really pop like they should. Wanted to post pics of my adults but both were in shed and the female appears to be gravid with eggs.

The next pic is something you don't see everyday (or at least I don't), a hypo Texas rat alongside a normal. The normal is a locale animal from Harris County, Texas.

A closer look:

Lastly the hypo by herself:

Thanks for looking,
dg

Very nice, wish I had that hypo!

I purchased a VERY nice wild caught Texas rat from you, ate like a champ but escaped at 3 foot and was never seen again. Probably got outside, they usually turn up one way or another. I once had a yellow rat snake escape in my house when I was 15. I caught it climbing out my bedroom window on my 21st birthday at 6 foot (was 4 foot). I live in NJ so it was definitely the same snake. (never saw any mice, no wonder lol)

So one never knows LOL.

>>Here are some Texas rat pics I took today.
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>>This is a subadult Orange phase Texas rat (Lemke line) female, hatched here. Pic was taken outside so her colors don't really pop like they should. Wanted to post pics of my adults but both were in shed and the female appears to be gravid with eggs.
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>>The next pic is something you don't see everyday (or at least I don't), a hypo Texas rat alongside a normal. The normal is a locale animal from Harris County, Texas.
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>>A closer look:
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>>Lastly the hypo by herself:
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>>Thanks for looking,
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

LOL. Beautiful Texas Rats!!!

... and some folks think they're UGLY???
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0.1 Blotched King Snake - Relena
1.0 Amelanistic Corn Snake - Peek-a-Boo
1.0 Snow Corn - Hiro
1.0 Albino Bull X Albino Pine - Sven
0.0.1 Western Coachwhip - REALLY RED!
0.1 Vietnamese Blue Beauty - Kokoro (Heart)
1.0 Bearded Dragon - King Kamehameha

Thanks Frank, ThunderDan, and Dewittg.

dg

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>>The next pic is something you don't see everyday (or at least I don't), a hypo Texas rat alongside a normal. The normal is a locale animal from Harris County, Texas.
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How could anybody not want that hypo.

deg

Wow!, Dwight,....those are some superb shots of some killer specimens man!...REALLY!

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

>>Wow!, Dwight,....those are some superb shots of some killer specimens man!...REALLY!

Thanks DMONG, my camera is quite the antique.... lol. Its like 1.6 MP but still gets the job done I guess. Wish I had a new one though!

dg

beautifull snake, it looks kinda like it has some bairdi influence, maybe?

>>beautifull snake, it looks kinda like it has some bairdi influence, maybe?

I didn't produce the animal so anything is possible. Have you produced bairdi x lindheimeri that look like her? If so please post your photos. I'd like to see if there is a resemblance... to me she looks nothing like any baird's x texas that I've seen. *shrug* But then again I've never personally bred bairds into texas rats so I have no first hand knowledge of such animals.

Here is a photo of her as a hatchling, along with a normal:

Another photo of her when she was younger, alongside an axanthic male:

In spite of having her all this time, I have no offspring from her. I bred her to an axanthic male one year but didn't get any good eggs. Now the only male texas rats that I own are a leucistic and an orange phase. I don't want to breed her to either.

Later,
dg

they look alot different, now that I saw the juvinile

Interesting. All the "hypo" TX Ratsnakes I've seen so far looked very different, like a "bleached" version of your animal. Seems like there must be at least 2 strains of "hypo" TX Ratsnakes out there.

Examples:

http://www.genetic-designs.com/Dutch/Collection/Other.htm

http://www.cornsnake.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=29

Great pix BTW.

Link

Yeah it'd be interesting to see a comparison shot of those two morphs..... (female lavender albino in shed)

The "bleached" animals go by many names in the US.. hypos, lavenders, albinos, lavender albinos, etc.

Later,
dg

I have no room for them but for some reason I still keep that bloodline around.

Regards
John