Many females are swelling at this point and are looking very promising. Too little time behind a camera with so much going on, but here's more of wat's going on . . .
Santa Barbara county coastal trio (male has more patterning on head, and one female is definitely gravid) . . .
Diablo intrgrade pair . . . female has 7 follicles and is on the left . . .
A monstrous pair of Kern Plateau intergrades . . .female is te confluent one and fat with eggs . . .
St. Helena female from Lake County swollen with 5 eggs . . .
MALE
San Mateo coastal pair . . . female has red on her head and is also swollen with eggs . . .
FEMALE San Mateo
ANOTHER GRAVID FEMALE San Mateo
MALE #1
Female Loma Prieta coastal coming out of post-brumation shed . . .
MALE
Tuolumne county (Clavey) Sierra multicincta pair . . . female is swollen with eggs on the left and the male is the big ol' bruiser on the right. Their bands are more of a gold color that i couldn't seem to capture in my 15 minutes behind the lens . . .
. . . and one of their holdback babies from 2010, female . . .
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Jerry Kruse
www.zonatas.com
And God said, "Let there be zonata subspecies for all to ponder..."
