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first i must say it was really fun meeting most forum posters. and the enormity of this show is undescribable it made me dizzy walking the isles. anyone who hasnt attended i would strongly encourage them to do so. truly a phenomenal event now lets see some pics...
sat. mornin it was like a concert when they opened the flood gates

clock tower in the hilton courtyard

a showtune band jammin the courtyard in the rain

a motley crue me,cris d,dave powell, and bernd a cool cat from germany

another motley crue randy w, tom, mark m, jon w, jason n

heres howie!

cris d's table

toms table approx 200plus snakes

me and dave boyle what a cool cat

thats it for now 360 days till the next one
and to stay on topic a kingsnake

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Morphs... just like baseball cards BUT ALIVE, how cool is that???

my website www.barmollysplace.com

Haha Thomas, you really lowered yourself hanging with those guys in the second crue!!! I am bummed I missed it this year 'cause Randy and Jason are too freakin' funny to miss! Glad you had a great time at the show!
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Todd Hughes

Nice pics!,.....all those "mugs" were a very familiar sight, and I enjoyed talking to all you guys there. It always seems the show is never long enough, and is over before you know it!

I wish I would have taken more pics,...I always get so darn caught up in talking to friends and looking at stuff!..LOL!

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

yep it was nice meeting you doug, wish we coulda talked more. ya shoulda been there for the sat.nite SHAZAM! ahhwell theres always nextyear,,,,,,,thomas davis
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Morphs... just like baseball cards BUT ALIVE, how cool is that???

my website www.barmollysplace.com

Thomas,...Yeah,.. I was at the Hilton Saturday night, and saw you guys walk through the lobby from far away, but the girlfriends we were with didn't care too much about all the "snake talk",but we still ran into a fair amount of friends and "chewed the fat" about snakes nonetheless. The fireworks and "Slingshot" ride were cool to see too!. I enjoyed the night enough to have had a bit of a hangover as well the next day..hahaha!

Yes, as you said, there will be more Daytona's!..LOL!

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

I'm sorry I missed it and couldn't meet all you guys. Looks like it was fun. I've only been to Daytona once, and that was during the hurricane show in 2004. Nice Newport-Long Beach snake you posted. That's a very clean "typical" pattern for those. Is it pure, or the result of many generations of cross breeding? Here's one of mine-wild caught in L.A.

yep ya missed out.
the cal is a reult of many generations of captive breedings it is pure getula, the parents throw quite the array of pattern/types heres a typical clutch from them...

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Morphs... just like baseball cards BUT ALIVE, how cool is that???

my website www.barmollysplace.com

I knew it was pure getula (at least, I suspected it) but just wondered if it was a "pure" Newporter. From the pic of the siblings it's now obvious it isn't, but it IS related. Cool snakes, BTW.

One thing that many do not understand is that there is a difference between striped patterns of California kings. There are 5 basic striped pattern types that live within their own ranges:
San Diego
Newport-Long Beach
Nitida
Eiseni
and
Delta (Davis)

All of those have sub-morphs (or just "morphs" that occur in the wild and are either typical or aberrant. The San Diego pattern has the most variation of all 5.

Your snakes are derived from interbreeding of the Newport and San Diego patterns. This was done a long time ago, and has resulted in things like Banana kings, Reverse stripe kings, etc. etc. The Newport characteristics are blotches (not specks) on the sides and a dark-topped tail.

I'm mostly interested in what occurs naturally in the wild, but I can still appreciate the interesting morphs you guys create in captivity.

Very Cool, Tom. Looks like you guys had a great timte. The pics were cool, cuz you put faces to names & nicnames. That's a great little Cal King too. History behindit?

reako45

yeah guys/gals who post with screen names was a topic of manymanymany conversations at daytona. some regular posters i met there were, rainer,bobS,dougmong,buddygrout,markK.akacrimsonking,dave boyle,chrisD,jasonN,howieS,randyW,joe exposito,etc,etc,etc. pretty overwhelming your first time at least for me anyway i cant wait until nextyear
the calking is just that a calking thats 100%het.albino heres some more just for you reako,,,,,,,,,,thomas

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Morphs... just like baseball cards BUT ALIVE, how cool is that???

my website www.barmollysplace.com

great pix .. thanks for sharing!

~ Mike Russo

thanks mike, i was hoping to meet you at daytona. rick&melissa came in my shop here in houston and said nice things about you plus ive always admired your gbk's,,,,,,,,,thomas davis
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Morphs... just like baseball cards BUT ALIVE, how cool is that???

my website www.barmollysplace.com

I was hoping to make it down to Daytona and out to West Texas this year, but once again life got in the way of my hobby..

Melisa and Rick are great people, maybe next year we can work it out were we all meet up in Daytona next year?

Thank you for the compliment on my Alterna!

~ Mike Russo