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Hey, this may seem like a naieve question. But I'm just wondering. Has anyone ever bred the best of okeetee pattern traits into an anery line to make a stunning "Anerythristic Okeetee"? I've never seen anything like this. I would think this has been done before. Anyone? Any pics?

Thanks,

Hayseed

That actually sounds like a pretty cool idea to me too. Great. Another project is all my wife wants to hear about! Seriously though I too would love to see a pic of one if anyone has it.

Jeremy
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Jeremy Pierce
Shade Tree Exotics
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It's one of those "seems like a good idea" ideas that hasn't panned out for me. I've produced about six of them in the past few years, but when they mature, they're not remarkable. In other words, what appears to be an anery Okeetee (like this pic) matures to be just a plain ole anery. The places where you can clearly see the black margins around the markings in the forward part of the body of this snake, don't stay this way. In fact, most anery Okeetees mature to have what appear to be "split markings". They start out like this pic, and when they're mature, they have the general appearance of having twice as many markings as normal. It's because the bottoms of the lateral part of the saddles, seem to fade with maturity, and the centers of the blotches lighten to almost be the color of the surrounding ground color zones. So those gorgeous marking seem to split to render many solid black saddles.

I'll see if I can scare up a pic of an adult. I haven't been keeping them once they're adults, so not sure if I have pix. If I find some, I'll post them here.

South Mountain Reptiles