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While the adults are all chillin for the winter these guys keep eating and growing.....
These are some of the Mex Mex I acquired this year from Mark Kenderdine, Shannon Brown, Don Shores and others......

These are going to be some impressive adults and future breeders....

I hope you enjoy the pics.....

2009 Split Saddled Female...

2008 Classic Male....

2009 Granite Line Male...

2009 Granite Female...

2009 Hypo-E Female....The Red is beginning to fade already...

2009 Black Phase Male.....Starting to darken...

2009 Black Phase Female....Also starting to darken somewhat....

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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

John, you are keeping us entertained here lately!!! Love it. I really like the hypo-e female with the two long stripes on her neck.

>>John, you are keeping us entertained here lately!!! Love it. I really like the hypo-e female with the two long stripes on her neck.

Thanks Joe...I really like the Hypo-E trait....
It is cool watching a gray and red snake turn to gray and pink in under a year.....
Something is strange with Mex Mex....
Even the black phase hatchlings are normal looking....and darken with age.....It's kinda like owning two different snakes with Hypo-E and Black Mex Mex......
My 2008s are PINK.....
Here's what they look like now.....

And here's a pic of them early this year....Notice the male is already showing some lightening at this age....As you can see above the female eventually lightened up as well...From maroon to a pinkish red color....She still has some more growin/lightening to go...

This is the one from the original post.....She is looking great....But the male below has more striping......I think his red will turn to pink by summer....We shall see...

Here's what they looked like when Shannon sent them to me a couple months ago...As you can see compared to the pics above the female is lightening up good....





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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Really likin' those bulls'eyes too! That would be a cool look, refine those bulls'eyes...
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Todd Hughes

Wow. They turn color quick! Very cool.

Those look good John,
that male is really starting to turn black.
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Michelle
www.AssortedSerpents.com
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.

>>Those look good John,
>>that male is really starting to turn black.

Thanks Michelle....
They are both looking better than when I first got them....
The female has darker red saddles and the same belly pattern as the two (1 is Shannon's, the other mine) adult black males I have here.....Hre ground color has darkened some as well...

The male is showing an early darkening of the ground color...

They should be impressive adults....Like these....








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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Those are all good looking adults.
I think we need to talk about those hypo e's next season.
Can't wait to see what you produce.
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Michelle
www.AssortedSerpents.com
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.

>>Those are all good looking adults.
>>I think we need to talk about those hypo e's next season.
>>Can't wait to see what you produce.

Uh Oh!.....We have another jumper....LOL
I forgot....You jumped A LONG TIME AGO.....Hehehehe
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Remind me to talk you out of that last female some day.
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Josh Loehr

>>Remind me to talk you out of that last female some day.

LOL....That's the only black phase female I have......And it will be 2011 before she can reproduce.....Maybe if we survive 2012 I will let you talk me out of her.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

>>LOL....That's the only black phase female I have......And it will be 2011 before she can reproduce.....Maybe if we survive 2012 I will let you talk me out of her.....
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Deal, LOL...

I need to snap some pics of my mex mex for you. They are growing like weeds.

This is a ssp that I need at least 10 more of.
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Josh Loehr

>>I need to snap some pics of my mex mex for you. They are growing like weeds.
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>>This is a ssp that I need at least 10 more of.

I think we have a jumper.......Ha!
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

I think most of them have some fl.king in them John.Maybe even some black rat or micropholis.

Well, they are all the same anyway.

L8r

>>I think most of them have some fl.king in them John.Maybe even some black rat or micropholis.
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>>Well, they are all the same anyway.

Now...stop it.....LOL
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

maybe those were bred to a speck for more orange and then backbred 100 times...LMAO!
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Todd Hughes

>>maybe those were bred to a speck for more orange and then backbred 100 times...LMAO!

I'm really going to stop posting if this continues........
I see no orange on Mex Mex.....Red and pink.....Are you color blind.....LOL
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

sometimes I wish I was!
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Todd Hughes

Hi John, they all really look nice, but that 2009 Granite Line Male, and the split saddle female are knock outs.
Bob Bichler
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R.Bichlers Colubrids
http://www.webspawner.com/users/rbichler/index.html

>>Hi John, they all really look nice, but that 2009 Granite Line Male, and the split saddle female are knock outs.
>>Bob Bichler

Thanks Bob....That Split Saddle Female is from Mark Kenderdine and the Granite Line Male & Granite Female are from Don Shores....

BTW...How's the BAY Area?
Cold yet in the garage for brumation?
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

low 50's in the garage, I have the racks set at 60 degrees on the hot spot. Last few days have been in the high 20's in the mornings outside, 50's in the afternoon. There all down for the winter.
Bob
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R.Bichlers Colubrids
http://www.webspawner.com/users/rbichler/index.html