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I need info on Dixon's milksnakes. they look like a beautiful first
milksnake. they seem to be very rare to boot.

As far as we know, no examples of this subspecies exists within any personal collections here in the United States. Due to this, only a limited amount of information is available on these.
Some of its natural history is known and they are occasionally found by a handful of seasoned herpers and researchers while out in the field. Pictures of these gems in the wild (mostly road-killed specimens) will sometimes surface on this forum as well. They are truly remarkable looking snakes and hopefully we'll eventually see them in the hobby.
If you are needing pictures or information on their natural history, you may want to contact Bob Hansen at SierraHerps.com or Alan Kardon with the San Antonio Zoo.
Hopefully Shannon, Scott or Jeff will chime in as well.
Nathan

to search the forum archives. There are some nice wild caught examples that both Chris Harrison and Bob Hansen have posted.
Nathan

This WC snake was photographed at a museum collection in Mexico.

That's the only live dixoni I've ever seen. It was pretty and had a interesting head shape.

Notice how much it looks like this Lampropeltis mexicana in the same collection -

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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

Chris, what kind of mexicana was that labeled as? Looks weird.

L8r Shannon

It wasn't labeled. The collection it is in is at a university museum, so it isn't on public display. Therefore - no label. I don't remember the locality offhand.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

>>Chris, what kind of mexicana was that labeled as? Looks weird.
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>>L8r Shannon

That's an iturbide thayeri.
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Herp Conservation Unlimited
Mexicana Group Directory
Photography by Joseph E. Forks

Chris:

Great to see those guys doing well. Our crew collected both that dixoni (in the Jalpan Valley, Queretaro) and the thayeri (from E of Iturbide, Nuevo Leon) in 2005. Your photos are excellent. The only dixoni we saw this year were road jerky.

Bob
SierraHerps.com

That looks like a black headed scarlet. Very cool though.

Are there any Smithi, Abnorma, or Micropholis in the U.S. or European collections/zoos?
Thanks,
-Phil

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