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An intensely stunning and remarkable member of the Pituophis as well as my personal favorite. This is a portrait of my big male, Senoir. Always have liked that subtle pink blush on their labials among their many other colors and tones...

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"The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."

Do you have more pics of Senoir? I emailed pics of my baby bulls I am trying to sell to a friend who keeps various snakes, and he thought they looked like Sonorans. He is not into pits that much, though. Also, what sort of personality does Senoir have? My friend says Sonorans are very shy. My bulls are my most sociable snakes.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Bob,

I currently have two Sonorans, Senoir, the male is going on four years old. He has the greatest "character" of any of my Pits. Not at all shy or retiring. Comes out of his hide purposefully when I am near his enclosure and he has this way of letting me know when he wants out for some cruise time in the "safe" room.

My female (a year-and-a-half old) is the classic shy and retiring Pit that spends a lot of time in the hide or retreats back into it when I approach. I have had others that were the same way so, perhaps Senoir is a pleasant exception.

He was a fortunate find for me - an average Sonoran for where I live, we found him crossing the main highway through town on a busy Friday night in May, 09. Had to wait for several cars to pass before I could get out in the road to get him. Thought he was going to get run over before I got to him but such was not the case fortunately. His easy going personality has been a nice reward ever since...

Here are some more pics of him...







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"The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."

What a beautiful animal! His colors are much more vivid than I expected with a Sonoran. He was very lucky you got him off the road in time.
He looks a little like the sire to my adult pair:

Stillwater hypo bull. I can see how my friend thought my bulls looked like Sonorans.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

While the reddish saddled Sonoran's are more typical here, we've got some tan/brown individuals here too with little or no red. Here's a not-so-red Sonoran I found in my yard a couple of years ago.

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"The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."