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Whats your favorite species of milk snake?
Mine have always been Eastern Milks but they are pretty rare here and are protected.
But I'm really digging the 1.3 07 pales I got!!! They kinda fill my Eastern void. I may try coastals some day.
Thanks

I only have to species of milk and I have to say I love my adult female LTT that was wild caught last year. She has never bitten me and is as gentle as they come. Where are you located that they are protected? I might have to get some for ya this year!

I used to have a ton of coastals but have a real affinity for my Monster Island easterns. I downsized to a single non-Monster milk to make more room, they are alot more variable than most think.

This red milk pic was the first pic I took outdoors this year and it turned out well.

This is one of my brighter gentilis and the pic came out nice

This female eastern milk was as bright as any I have seen.The bad news is she died this winter

I like this pic also

Wait one more

Ok last one I promise

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Doug L

Gotta go with the annulatas, really great milks. Just got back from a run down south, no milks tonight, but we saw one Thursday night, not squished! Did see 12 atrox and a last years bull snake.

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Todd Hughes

Looks, demeanor, ease of care, etc. Mexican milks have the best of everything.

snake adventures

Doug that first photo is a keeper, very nice.
The last one is a crack up.
-Dell

Doug,

I agree that the first animal is a beaut, but the critter with all the cross-overs is a looker, too. I'm partial to the heavy cross-overs in gentilis.

-Cole

Here is a gentilis with some cross-overs

Im thinking shes gravid

Mt Kings have nice ones too

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Doug L

that is such a tough question! I love all milks! If I had to liquidate my collection tomorrow and could only keep one, I would keep this girl...no pictures can do these justice...

Dave

Here she is almost exactly one year earlier

DNS Reptiles

Love that snake Dave.
Question:Why is she a better looking snakes then her mate or siblings? Color? Pattern?
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Doug L

All the cosala locale animals are very nice and she's no different from the rest I have with respect to color, etc.

She's just a big old sweetheart that is over 600grams! Clearly the biggest one I have!

Dave
DNS Reptiles

Dave I would have bet my eye-tooth you would have picked your Black milks.
-Dell

Dell - this isn't a very fair question is it? the gaigeae are right there as well. How is yours doing?

Dave

DNS Reptiles

Dave, you're killing me! LOL What an amazing animal (group of animals).

-Cole

I think my favorite milk is easy -

My favorite photo of one? I don't know. Here's a photo I like contrasting the color of a black milk vs a Mexican Brown,...I mean "Black" King.

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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

Ohhhh I think the Mexican Brown I mean Black needs some ice for that BURN!!!

Chris,

That is a sweet picture comparing hte mbk and the gaigeae. Surprising how brown the mbk is?

Dave
DNS Reptiles

Chris,

I love that comparison photo. Pretty cool to see the difference. Care to post those gaigeae habitat shots again?

-Cole

I try not to be too tough on the "Brown" King guys because they are the second best Lamp I think at times. Nice Pic Chris.The shine on Gaigeae is more Patent leather than just a good polishing! Nice to see both side by side. Thanks for sharing
Bob.

My favorite.

FAV "milk" species.. Nelsoni..

FAV pic.. Any pic with Herps and Kids!

~ Mike Russo

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wow great pic
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Doug L

Mike - I love that picture - that is a monster (the snake)!

Dave
DNS Reptiles

Sinaloans all the way, they have been my favorite since the first time I saw one.....

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“There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that whilst this planet has gone on cycling according to the fixed laws of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” -C. Darwin, 1859

Natural Selection Reptiles

Vinny you and Dave have some great looking locality Sinaloans.
-Dell

Right there with ya, bro!

Dave

Rubbing it in with the smokin' Sinaloans?! Nice stuff, as per usual.

-Cole

nothing like salt in a wound eh?

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“There is a grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that whilst this planet has gone on cycling according to the fixed laws of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” -C. Darwin, 1859

Natural Selection Reptiles

The first part of your question is easy Chris.
1.Multistrata,no surprise there. But hard to pick just one.
2.Syspila,
3.Gentilis

This Cherry co. is my favorite.

This het. for hypo. gorilla syspila is in my top three. She's a beast too at over 40 inches long.

This Pale looking gentilis is tops for gentilis I keep.

Thank God we can keep more then just our top 3 milks, because I like this hypo. tri-color too. Oh wait I like these too......okay sorry you did only say one right?
-Dell

That Cherry co. snake is great
Hey Dell, where is that last snake from?
and don't tell me Hwy 277 lol

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Doug L

Dell that pale is killer. When will she be producing youngins?

Dave

Holy smokes Dell! What is that in the
last photo? It almost looks like a pyro, but
doesn't. Either way that thing is smokin'
-Phil
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Work is the curse of
the drinking class!

That last photo your asking about is a 3 year old, hypo. Honduran tri-color from Rob Hanisen.(sp?) He has very nice Hondurans, and is a nice, easy guy to talk w/ too.

I also got a pair of geigeae from him this last winter too. -Dell

Hey, there's some outstanding snakes in all those postings, absolute knock-out milks one and all!
I may have a syspila addiction problem personally and you've all seen these pics before so it's almost time to post pics of their kids.
Jeff

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If Patrick Henry thought that taxation without representation was bad, he should see it with representation.

all time favorite and you can tell that I sure didn't take it...

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If Patrick Henry thought that taxation without representation was bad, he should see it with representation.

One of the best Pale photos of all time, Jeff. It's the wall paper on my computer.

Nice job on the multistrata. Have a cigar. -Dell

love that orange one
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Doug L

your syspila are just fantastic. Great stuff.

Dave

Whew! That top photo is sure a nice multistrata.

Love the hypo. Syspila w/ eggs too. Very nice Jeff.

Cherry co.

-Dell

Your collection is always a pleasure to see photos of, Jeff! Your effort and expertise is well displayed in the photos of your stock.

Thanks for sharing
-Cole

is my favorite species of milk snake (since all milk snakes are currently considered the same species). My favorite varient of the species Lampropeltis triangulum is the form known as L. t. multistrata, the Pale Milk Snake. These are in turn followed by gentilis, syspila, taylori, hondurensis, and so on in my list of favorites.

-Cole

Favorite photo of one of my animals (NOT taken by me. Photo credit: Jose Ole):
Sheridan Co., NE

Other photos (by me):
Bighorn Co., MT

Bighorn Co., MT

Hypoerythristic (?) Bighorn Co., MT

Thomas Co., NE

Thomas Co., NE

Sistrurus catenatus

Cole
the Thomas Co., NE
are awesome!!!

Nice, clean hondo you've got there!

-Cole

Your killing me Cole. Those are awesome. Next time just give me some waterboarding instead of the photos. I love those things.

of nice looking animals in other people's collections is something we all deal with! LOL Thanks for the compliments!

-Cole

Great animals Cole! Those are some beauties.

Dave