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Hello everyone,

Let me introduce myself, I'm Doom, I live in France and I am a reptiles fan and I really love Pituophis.

Here are some photographs of my specimens :

Let start with my Pituophis C. Sayi (Bullsnakes) :

Male (3 years old):

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Female (3 years old):

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Albino female (10 months old):

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And now, my favorite, my Pituophis M. Lodingi (Black Pine Snakes) :

Male (10 months old):

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Female (10 months old):

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I hope you will enjoy these pics and my Pituophis. I also have un couple of Boa Constrictor, I will post pics of them later.

Sorry for my English...

Doom

Very nice. I especially like the black pines. Those bulls look to have some sonoran influence. Nice as well.
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Matt Kauffman

Très beau!
And no need to apologize for your English; it's for sure better than my French! LOL!

Good looking Bulls. The first looks like a lot of northeastern/Kankakee like and the second does look like southwestern/TX near or intergrade with affinis. Those would be my guesses anyway.
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See all my snakes at SerpenTrack.com

Hi Doom, nice snakes. Your English is not bad for a Frenchmen.
Myself I'm a Belgian and I also speak French.
The head of your female sayi don't realy looks like that of a sayi.
As others said before, she could be a cross with P.c.affinis.
But she is looking great.
You certainly know Stéphane Roselle from Reptilis, he has some nice Pituophis.

My father has been to France a few times, he is a major breeder of Petit Griffon Vendeen Basset hounds and hunts them in a pack like you would see an English Fox Hunt except they are on foot. And to get outcrosses and good blood, he goes to his friend in Breast. Also, one of my favorite Orchid plant hybrids was bred by a French Orchid firm, and the plant is very coveted in my orchid collection.

However, to get back to your pictures you posted... your second "bull snake" you pictured does not look like a bull at all to me, though very close. It looks like a VERY nicely colored Sonoran Gopher (P. cantentifer affenis) Bulls and sonorans look very similar from AZ and TX but the neck pattern, thinner build and brighter reddish coloration at times, separates Sonoran Gophers from TX Bulls. I have a pair of Sonorans from Tomb Stone AZ and I love them.