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Here is a Ladder Ratsnakes that hatched out a few weeks ago, they are from a locale in France. I really like the head pattern of the hatchlings.

One of my breeders, that has retained some of its juvenile pattern.
Scott John Reptiles

Very nice!,......yes, those head patterns on the hatchlings are pretty interesting!

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

Wow, I like the large parietal scales on that adult. The head pattern on that juvie in cool.

Matt Kauffman

>>Here is a Ladder Ratsnakes that hatched out a few weeks ago, they are from a locale in France. I really like the head pattern of the hatchlings.
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>>One of my breeders, that has retained some of its juvenile pattern.
>>Scott John Reptiles

Really like this species! Great pictures of even better animals.

Is that a young female adult, of around 2-3 yrs John? Pictures can be very misleading but it looks rather small. The reason why I ask its sex and size is because I've only ever known 'mature' females to retain some of their patterning, by mature I mean 3 yrs.

The one below was 14 at the time the picture was taken.

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Devboy.

www.ratsnakefoundation.org

The snake pictured is a 4 yr old female that is about 3.5 ft in length, she produced five big eggs this season. I agree she does look small in that photo. I like the gray color of the ones you have.

>>The snake pictured is a 4 yr old female that is about 3.5 ft in length, she produced five big eggs this season. I agree she does look small in that photo. I like the gray color of the ones you have.

Ahhh, interesting regards the size, I have had females of that age and size that had fully lost their neonate patterning. The silver female pictured was around 4.5-5ft, as were most of my collection. Unfortunately none of the offspring were ever retained, so I have no knowledge of whether or not it was an inheritable trait, although I suspect that it isn't that common an event. In those times, I knew few people who would have been interested in scalaris so I generally didn't attempt breeding at all. I have none of her line and no more 'silver' examples of this species in my collection anymore, mores the pity!

Congrats once again John, many thanks for the answers. I love scalaris above all other animals, in case you were wondering! LOL.

Oh, have you ever experienced a double clutch? I had one this season and its the first in all the time I have kept them that I know of. The female wasn't reintroduced to the male after laying so it will be interesting to see the fertility of the resultant 10 eggs.
Previous post and account of laying/hatching

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Devboy.

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I have not had any of mine double clutch. It was interesing you said few were interested in them, I have had a lot of interest in these and I'll probably hold back a female or two to increase production.

>>I have not had any of mine double clutch. It was interesing you said few were interested in them, I have had a lot of interest in these and I'll probably hold back a female or two to increase production.

Thank heavens people are seeing the light!

I was sort of out of the loop, once upon a time, not really communicating with my fellow hobbyists. As a consequence, I didn't have much of a potential outlet for the offspring, had I bred them that often.

At that time, I'd rather shy away from the inevitable politics that accompanies any 'movement' and preferred to keep my head down.

Things changed when I realized how important exchange of information is in learning from each other. Wishing you all the best for future breeding, I see you join me in your efforts for scalaris world domination too, don't worry, I won't tell anyone of our secret plan.

I wonder if I skipped my meds again...
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Devboy.

www.ratsnakefoundation.org