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A few years back there was a well known breeder in Arizona by the name of Jim Kane. He had some milks that went by the name of previously undescribed milks. Does anybody know what happened to these?

John, I searched high and low a few years ago for some of them but they are pretty much gone.I know of one single male right now but as far as I know its the last one around.But, you never know???

L8r

If anyone reading this has or knows of persons who have any of these "undescribed" milksnakes...

Please let me know. I know Scott Ballard and Shannon also are always attempting to locate any still out there...

Thanks,

-Riley

Perhaps a little background info on the critters would be useful for folks who don't remember Jim's snakes. I'm a little rusty on the history as well, so share what you've got!

-Cole

Cole,
in the early to mid 90's Jim starting producing what he called undescribed milks.I finally got him to send my some pics and what history he would share.He really would never say where they where from or how he got them.I just figured at the time that he had a single Dixoni and he crossed it with a annulata or maybe a pueblan.
It wasn't untill about four years ago that I was talking with a old friend out Grayband hunting one night that the animals where actually legit milks that where just that ( undescribed).He said he had seen the origonal animals imported in the late 80's and that they where collected from around Neuvo Leon area.
I think they may be a dixoni intergarde or something.Anyway, The last ones I saw for sale where on the classifieds in about 2000 or 2001.Jim is way long gone and he sold off all his stuff here and there.Nobody really kept track of them and to my knowledge the last pair was picked up in Alabama about 4 years ago but the female died that year and the male is still going well but just sitting with another friend idiling for now.

L8r

That's pretty much what I remember. Thanks for the refresher!

-Cole