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Does any body have any pictures of an Applegate kingsnake? want to know information about them as to why their so popular now. and also can some one explain what pyro means?

"pyro" literally means fire(red), and when combined with the rest of the name, pyromelana, it means red and black, pertaining to the dark pigment(melanin).

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Doug do you have any pictures or know of a site that has them shown?

There are lots of pictures and websites if you type in "mountain kingsnakes", or "Lampropeltis pypomelana pyromelana", etc...on a google search.

Here is a link to Bob Applegate's site
Applegate Reptiles

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

here you go... copy and paste this link... or click on the link below..

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=applegate pyro&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

~ Mike Russo
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>>Does any body have any pictures of an Applegate kingsnake? want to know information about them as to why their so popular now. and also can some one explain what pyro means?

Here's a pic of a female i had a while ago. Some have less black than this one. It's the reduced black that characterizes the "applegate specials".

I'm not sure how literally you were asking what pyro means: Lampropeltis pyromelana is the Arizona Mountain King. "Applegate Special" is the name in the hobby given to the morph (unusual color/pattern variety) that Bob Applegate developed: they have very greatly reduced melanin or black in their patterns.