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These, along with another het to het clutch, are the first to hatch this year and I wanted to take a moment to share in something unusual. Please enjoy, as I know I have over the last few days watching and waiting for these unique gems to pip and emerge. A total of 5 (4.1) "anery"-looking babies that will develop into into enamel-black and icy-blue/white adults hatched along with 4 (0.4) beautiful hets. I'm in love...

Timeline pics for those that like that sorta thing:

69 days later . . .

The final count . . . natural light

. . . with flash . . .

Some babies with a replenished Sierra mama . . .

Parting shot . . . thanks for looking!

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Jerry Kruse

UPDATED!
www.zonatas.com

And God said, "Let there be zonata subspecies for all to ponder..."

Jerry those are beautiful. I think I am in love too! Thanks for sharing the pics.
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Kent

1.1 Hypo (het lavender, striped) corn snakes, 2010
1.2 Gray-banded king snakes, blairs phase, 2008
0.0.10 Gray-banded king snakes, 2011
1.1 Oregon rubber boas, w/c 2000 and something

Colossians 3:17

Great pics and outstanding clutch. Congrats. I hope you can continue to show us pics as they shed and grow. Dave.

Awesome. As a California native, I appreciate your efforts and those of others to propagate zonata. Takes pressure off wild populations when lots and lots of CB offspring are readily available.

I was looking at a particular locality in Riverside County, CA - in the field looking that is - that in the past was pretty hard hit by collectors, probably moreso in the 80s but also in the 90s. Today it looks almost untouched. No harm in looking for z's, just be supportive to their continued existence. And I think for this particular So Cal locale, it seems that folks are doing that. Perhaps it is because the snakes are not high on the list of collector zonata, and I think it is in part because CB offspring of this general area are more available now. So keep up the good work.

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Mark

Man...I really wanna herp that area in the picture haha!

I KNOW how happy you are....truly sweet and rare snakes in collections here....!...good luck with them all....they are totally sweet...love the black and white....

....have fun.....!
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........JY

Those are amazing! Awesome stuff and congrats!
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Jeremy Thompson
Captive Born Investments Inc.
www.captiveborninvestments.net
Jeremy@captiveborninvestments.net
941-323-4850

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

beautiful hatchlings

Nice 50/50 California's.