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...not much to report really ...but she is getting more yellow by the year. Still a shrimp, just about 135 grams at about 28 months! ...but good body weight for length, and calming down. Kind of cool in a way, too bad retics don't stay 24 inches long, hehee

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Thats a nice looking snake. I used to have a jani that seemed to grow really slow as well. They don't seem to eat quite the same as other Pituophis.

I too have a runt. He is an 08' If its a pygmy/dwarfism trait, I don't know...

I think a lax attitude on the inbreeding of colubrids leads to these possibly recessive traits that aren't as visibly striking as albinism or striping etc.
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6.7 pituophis c. annectans
1.1 senticolis t. intermedia
1.1 rhinechis scalaris
1.2 lampropeltis m. thayeri
2.1 pantherophis g. guttatus
1.1 lampropeltis t. campbelli

1.1 pituophis x pantherophis
1.1 lampropeltis campbelli x thayeri x nelsoni

Yeah, line breeding can result in some wierd things I reckon, it's not just color/pattern that can shift, as you said, those traits are just the most obvious. Like one of my Stillwaters which has a sort of wierd head shape and tends to sleep with her mouth open ...good thing is I like the look and she is an absolutely awesome animal.

btw, what the heck is that guy? I might guess bimaris? Or deserticola x vertabralis? Good looking pygmy
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"btw, what the heck is that guy? I might guess bimaris? Or deserticola x vertabralis? Good looking pygmy"

Strange because a friend of mine thought it looked closer to deserticola...

It is annectans (with possible affinis influence)
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6.7 pituophis c. annectans
1.1 senticolis t. intermedia
1.1 rhinechis scalaris
1.2 lampropeltis m. thayeri
2.1 pantherophis g. guttatus
1.1 lampropeltis t. campbelli

1.1 pituophis x pantherophis
1.1 lampropeltis campbelli x thayeri x nelsoni