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Hi. Igot a 02 female "yellow" western at the NH show a week ago that said she got her from this breeder at the Daytona show back in 02 or 03. Has anyone heard of them or know if they are still around? Thanks.

P.S. I'll be posting pics soon.

Has anyone heard of them or know if they are still around?

Who or what are you referring to, the original breeders of your snake, the snake itself or perhaps the "yellow" type of snake you got. Your question is very ambiguous.

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Troy Rexroth
Rextiles

From what I understand Richard no longer sells hognoses.I guess originateing many morphs has its down side.
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Archie Bottoms

Through a series of unfortunate events he decided to get out of the hognose business in 2008.
KR

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Thank you,
Kevin Rhodes
http://www.freewebs.com/spreptile/hognose.htm

I think he is talking about west Texas reptiles. It was a business. I think it was Richard Evans. Now out of business.
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Please don't talk about snake prices when my wife is around!!

I think he is talking about west Texas reptiles. It was a business. I think it was Richard Evans. Now out of business.

Ok, that makes more sense, thanks for the clarification. I know of Mr. Evans by reputation but I was unaware of his business name other than his web site albinohognose.com when it was online. Richard Evans was also brought up before in this thread earlier this year.

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Troy Rexroth
Rextiles

that's what i was getting at. thanks for the replies. i was just curious about the origins of the new addition.

Is anyone at the liberty to disclose what happened? I bought a couple of hoggies from Richard, nice guy!

Spoke to Richard today and he gave me liberty to share.
There were 2 main reasons for him getting out of breeding reptiles.
1) Texas law. All the recent legislation regarding captive propagation and selling or shipping native reptiles.
2) He felt the business side, took over the fun side of breeding.

He still enjoys talking about field observation, past stories, and hognose morphs.
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Thank you,
Kevin Rhodes
http://www.freewebs.com/spreptile/hognose.htm

Thanks for the replies everyone. This is the girl that started this thread. She is a 2002 Richard Evans Yellow weighing in at 550 grams. I'm no photographer so tell me what you think. Thanks, Dustin

It doesn't seem like the picture posted so here's a link.
2002 Rich Evans Yellow Hognose

Nice yellow hognose,Evans produced some nice stuff in his time.

More photos please
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Brent Bumgardner
bwbumgardner@aol.com
703.431.1776
Superconda Website

Thanks Brent. She doesn't appear all that yellow to today's standards, but I'm hoping to bring more of it out by breeding her to this male. He is yellower than I can capture in this photo, but you'll get the gist. I'll post another link because I'm having a hard time atatching images.Dustin
Highlighter yellow Hog.

Richard was a visionary before there were any hognose morphs.He started collecting unusual wc hognose and should be considered the father of the hognose craze.It is him who put this species in the eyes of everyone on this page as it is scene today.The interest in hognoses was dismal at best before Richard ...........
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Archie Bottoms

Archie I agree with you 100% on that one ,Richard got me hooked
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Brent Bumgardner
bwbumgardner@aol.com
703.431.1776
Superconda Website

Agreed!
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Louie Chavez