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Dell,

I was working out of town and missed your gentilis and syspila post, so I figured I'd chime in with a few late photos. Here's a smattering of field and captive shots. Some are old and some new. Sorry for any repeats (and the fact that I've included more than just gentilis and syspila...).

-Cole

Jefferson Co., MO syspila

Generic and beautiful female syspila

Golden, CO gentilis

Lyons, CO gentilis that wanted to be a Cal. King

Semi-fuzzy photo (I was too excited to hold still) of a Littleton, CO gentilis

Dark, yet pretty Bighorn Co., MT multistriata

Powder River Co., MT multistriata

Crappy photo of an AWESOME Yellowstone Co., MT multistriata

2008 c.b. Thomas Co., NE multistriata

Old photo I dug up of a Rifle, CO taylori

Great looking snakes as always Cole.
Between you & Dell, you have one hell of a collection. And they all look very healthy. Nice job!

Steve

Thanks, Steve! How are things coming with the new bird? Man, what a cool experience that has to be!

-Cole

Wow Cole, that Thomas co NE baby is awesome. Everything kind of jumps out at you. Wonder if that poor adult ever relized that it is not a cal. king ? Probably makes it hard to find milk snake friends !!!

Joe,

Glad you like that little Thomas Co. critter. He was a looker, but quite tiny. I think he massed in at around 2.5 g - about half the size of some of his clutchmates. He had a great feeding response, though!

The black and white gentilis with just a little flame mark in each saddle are show-stoppers. Man, those things get my blood pumping.

-Cole

Hey Cole,
Are your Lincoln Co. Gentilis from Jeff's bloodline? I have a
pair of his '05s that I'm trying to breed for the first time
this upcomming season. Flame Sides! Gotta love 'em. Here's
an old pic of them.
-Phil

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Work is the curse
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Phil,

To be honest, I don't have any Lincoln Co., KS gentilis. I have, however, seen them in the wild in Lincoln Co.! Here's an example:

Great stuff Cole! Wow those are all incredible animals. Finding those in the field must be a major rush. I espcially like that Jefferson Co. syspila, but they are all sweet.

Dave
DNS Reptiles

Thanks, Dave! Finding milks in the field sure is a blast, there's no doubt about it. It's amazing how prevalent they can be under the right conditions, but are able to seemingly disappear when their brief window of surface activity is up.

What's the word on your late gaigeae eggs?

-Cole

I hope to get out this year a little and look for some, something I haven't been able to do for years. Let's hope I have a little luck!

I didn't get a second clutch of gaigeae...they all hatched out in September...

Dave
DNS Reptiles

Great assortment Cole. Really nice looking taylori. And the 08 Thomas county Pale is a peach.

Here are a few more from my end.

celaenops, Hwy 118 TX.

Hwy 118 again, 2007 hatchling.

Another 118 animal, 2008 hatchling.

Your killing me w/ those Bighorn co. Pales, so here you go.

And here is an 08 Stillwater neonate that ate for the first time, now only 4 nonfeeders left to go.

I can only hope it grows to look like this subadult Stillwater male.

Or this Stillwater male.

I better stop now, and save some photos for the long winter.
-Dell

Dell - those stillwater's are killer, man. I can't wait until we can get back out and see more of them in the field. One question, though: Why aren't yours feeding?! All of mine eat... LOL Just messing with ya. We should be able to produce some friggin' awesome animals from that locality, huh?! Now I've just got to photograph my colony of Stillwater Co., MT animals.

-Cole

Wow Dell, those Hwy 118 celeanops are unreal!

Dave
DNS Reptiles

Glad you like the Celaenops Dave, thanks. I'm pretty lucky to have such a nice pair. You don't even want to know the work it took to get this pair.
Cole has a smoking 118 female too. Maybe we can get him to post her up. (Come on Cole)

And Dave, look what I got.

No Way! Glad you came around to the dark side...

Wow. That Stillwater male is CLEAN. Not much newspaper printing on that backround!

Joe,

Most of the animals from that locality look super clean. It's pretty amazing to see as many animals as we have from that area and not see a single dirty one!

-Cole

Very nice Cole.
I've got to get some more NA milks.
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Randy Whittington

Randy,

Thanks! And I agree!

-Cole

Thomas Co., NE multistriata

Superb string of pix from you the Dellster! Thanx for posting them and breathing some fresh life into the milk forum...
The Yellowstone pale has some funky color thing going on. Maybe somebody will line breed an odd color morph of multistriata soon.
Nice pix and thanx again....Jeff

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Thanks, Jeff! Man, a blazing pale, a hypo syspila, and one hell of a nice looking, wide-banded syspila all in one post?! Nice! We really need to see more syspila on the forum. I never get tired of seeing those beasts.

-Cole

Hey thanks Jeff, and thanks for your photos too. I have always thought that that photo of the Pale you posted is one of THE best looking multistrata to come out of an egg.

-Dell

Cherry county, NE.

Man, I might have to transplant some of those pales to the woods here in Maryland. Just awesome looking!!

Oh, and obviously I am kidding for you DNR guys out there!!

Ha, Ha, Good save Joe. I took it as a joke, but some of the DNR people I've meet have about as much of a sense of humor as a wet rag.

-Dell

Stillwater county.

that thing is so cool he has to wear a helmit......

sweet head......

thanxx
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LOL......

The head on that thing is sick!!!!! I think
I'm gonna have to just break down and get
a pair of Pales too. Will this Triangulum
sickness ever end?
-Phil
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Work is the curse
of the drinking class!

Phil, I thought you had multistrata? We need to get you on the multistrata board. I know you have gentilis, and if you have gentilis you have to have multistrata, and when you get multistrata then you have to have celaenops, (which I know you already keep)and if you have celaenops, well then, you have to have syspila, and then...........oh forget it.
Get some Pales Phil, you'll like em.'
-Dell

Cherry co.

Great shots Cole (and Dell, and Jeff, and anyone else I forgot)! I really enjoy these winter posts of everyone's NA milks. Keep 'em coming.
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Joe

I know it's an old pic, but it is a NA Milk.
-Phil

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Work is the curse
of the drinking class!

I don't care how many times you post that thing, Phil - it's a looker!

-Cole

Thanks, Joe! I'll do my best to keep a steady flow of new pics coming this winter.

-Cole