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I have 2 more clutches out now. Black and white babies from my Spotted female and 50/50 male. Only got 3, one banded and two sort of abberant striped.

Babies from my Lavendar female and Reverse spotted male. Six from this group, 3 thin banded, 3 abberant.

Thanks, Dennis

Nice....I can't wait until mine hatch....
What else do you have cooking Dennis?
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Thanks, John. I have a couple of second clutches of Cal. Kings cooking, another of corns, and about the middle of July my Honduran Milks, 4 clutches.

--Dennis

Cool cal kings.

I still have 4 females that haven't even laid their eggs yet. LOL

Kerby...
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Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.

>>Cool cal kings.
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>>I still have 4 females that haven't even laid their eggs yet. LOL
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I can't wait to see your clutches either Kerby.....I will have to pick some up from you this year as my Cali king itch is growing again....them and alterna again....lol

I should see some air breathers in mid to late August.......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Yeah, but you plan it that way, don't you Kerby?

--Dennis

Kerby...
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Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.

Dennis, that last one is what we call a Scrambled banded Newport. They are an aberrant form of Newport that pops out randomly in Los Angeles County. Only few have the amount of scrambled banding yours does. Most of them have a lot more striping to them. In the wild, that would be a pretty rare find, and they don't seem to be common in captivity either. My male Scrambled banded normally produces typical striped Newports, but did produce a nice scrambled banded one time and another that was slightly scrambled banded. Very cool. It goes to show what kind of genes are in the reverse spotted.

I'm surprised your aberrants from the 50/50 and dotted came out looking like that. That means the dotted has a mixture of the San Diego striped gene and Newport gene. I think one of them qualifies as an Aztec. Very interesting outcome! They look really nice.
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Thanks Ross. Too bad I didn't get a group pic of that last batch but all 3 of those scrambled ones look similar. I hope I have a male in there I can hold back to breed to the Mom down the road.

--Dennis

That 2nd pic is my favorite. LOVE the black and whites...You say you only got three of those first ones, was it just a 3 egg clutch or were there some slugs? Dave.

She actually laid 7 eggs, but the last 4 were laid a couple of days later and spoiled quickly.

--Dennis

Nice Dennis! I really like the aberrant ones. That thin banded is cool too.
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Thanks. There is something about those thin bands that I kind of like too.

--Dennis

Nie, dennis! The somewhat striped ones look very cool.
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Disclaimer: I do keep several snakes in pairs, and some in groups. However I realize that things can go wrong, and I have to keep a close eye on those groups, to be sure they are not being adversely affected by these living conditions. Also if one happens to eat it's cagemate, it is 100% my fault, and I know the risks in advance!

What's wrong with using CAUTION?!?!?!
King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
~ Jorge Sierra www.SierraSnakes.com

Thanks Jorge.

I love that banded one in the first few pics.
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Genesis 1:1

Thanks, me too!

--Dennis

Those are cool. I especially like the thin banded ones.

Tim

I like them too. I may have to hold one back! After all they are het for lavendar!

--Dennis