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Here's the little girl I referred to in a recent post. And yes, she's a hypo apricot campbelli -- one of the last of Bedsole's line. Thanks to those who contributed such helpful advice!

Brad

That thing is screaming honduran...way to many bands for campbelli.
But who knows now days?

L8r

I think the close-up shot combined with her coiled pose are probably a little deceptive... She's gorgeous, no doubt, but she doesn't have significantly more bands than any other pueblan I've seen. Zoom out and rewind time a little and she looks more like this:

She's an '06 kid, an F4 from Jerry's original breeders. Her grandparents (who I have 35mm pictures of) are also high banded -- which isn't particularly unusual among campbelli, is it? Correct me if I'm wrong, but high band variability is one of the hallmarks of the subspecies.

Anyway, I don't have locale data on the line's founding specimens, but I know this hypo/apricot project was pioneered by Jerry and another herp veterinarian, Tom Harbin, both of whom take their purebreeds very seriously. I bought the last of the project -- the girl in the picture and her brother -- from Jerry personally, and I'd be really surprised to find out that he "accidently" hybridized a hondo in there somewhere down the line.

On the other hand... here's one of my hondos (granted he's superhypo and tangerine) and he has, by comparison, fewer bands than most hondurans and even fewer than my pueblans. Note that his "red" band is also consistently larger than the others.

Yeah,I know those guys and the do take there stuff seriously.
Anyway, that pic shows a much better example yes.
On the other hand that honduran is about average for bands and isn't low at all.

L8r

If it has was to many bands for Campbelli, would not the best thing to do for the hobby, be to destroy it, instead of breeding it? Just testing the depths of ones convictions.

Sweet! I am working the apricot into my hypos.
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Brad, that is a sweet looking snake. Nice clutch there!! Good work.

Dave
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