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Some of my Variable Kings

Beaker30 Dec 30, 2009 12:32 PM

In recognition of the end of the year, I thought I would post some pics of some of the Variable Kingsnakes I added to my collection in 2009.

An aberrant 09 female:

An aberrant 09 male with a patternless tail:

Another 09 aberrant female. Smallest snake I ever saw. Was only taking pinky parts to begin. Now she eats everything I put in front of her and is growing nicely:

An 05 aberrant male:

An 08 MSP male clutchmate to Mike Bodner's aberrants:

He will be paired with an aberrant female I produced. She has some of that lineage also:

A yellow 09 female from a white line dad:

And her brother. Check out the band count on this guy:

An 07 female of pure Applegate lineage. I love her pin bands:

Her 08 half brother. Nice yellow ground color and cool split saddles:

An 09 silver male with a very unusual head pattern that contains color above his eyes. He is also from WC x white line lineage:

An 09 bowtie patterned F2 male:

A pretty yellow 09 female with awesome alternates:

As you can clearly see, I like the aberrants and unusual patterns. I have a few more still coming, but they won't make it here for the end of the year. I'll have to post them in 2010. Hope you enjoyed looking.
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God Bless Evolution.

Replies (10)

viborero Dec 30, 2009 12:49 PM

Beautiful critters!
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Diego

SWCHR

DMong Dec 30, 2009 03:19 PM

Some SHWEEET! animals there man!, no doubt about it!

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

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Jlassiter Dec 30, 2009 03:29 PM

Nice Craig...
Where did you pick up those two 2009 gray aberrants from?
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

reako45 Dec 30, 2009 04:45 PM

... these guys in terms of ease of care, as compared to getula ssp? I've shied away from z's and Pyros cuz I've heard that because they are more montane snakes that brumation is a must, and w/ some there can be feeding issues (naturally lizard feeders?). Any info greatly appreciated.

reako45

Jlassiter Dec 30, 2009 05:07 PM

>>... these guys in terms of ease of care, as compared to getula ssp? I've shied away from z's and Pyros cuz I've heard that because they are more montane snakes that brumation is a must, and w/ some there can be feeding issues (naturally lizard feeders?). Any info greatly appreciated.
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>>reako45

Thayeri ARE montane kings too......and are as easy to care for as getula, but do require brumation. Some hatchlings are picky feeders, but so are some corns and getula in my experiences....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

joecop Dec 30, 2009 04:53 PM

Incredible group of animals you have there.

antelope Dec 30, 2009 07:46 PM

Wow, really nice Craig, in 2013 there's gonna be some serious aberent stuff from your neck of the woods!
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Todd Hughes

rogue_reptiles Dec 30, 2009 08:53 PM

Incredible stuff Craig. You are going to be the man for abberrant and reduced pattern thayeri in a few years. And you know I'm a sucker for the white line and w/c line animals.

Greg

LIRepman76 Dec 30, 2009 09:48 PM

Very nice. Don't you have some other abberants as well? I would love to see some pics of those.
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Please don't talk about snake prices when my wife is around!!

Jlassiter Dec 30, 2009 10:38 PM

>>Very nice. Don't you have some other abberants as well? I would love to see some pics of those.
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>>Please don't talk about snake prices when my wife is around!!
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

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