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Anyone who has access to this book (Rat Snakes: A Hobbyist's Guide to Elaphe and Kin) take a look at the above referenced yellow trinket snake. I don't know if that photo is on the web anywhere. If it is, please post link.

Has anyone heard of this line being maintained in the US? If the adult animals keep even half the yellow of the juveniles they would be quite amazing.

John

I believe this is an altered photo. I know of several other prominent herpers who concur. Just MHO.
Ophidiophile Farms

Dave:
That's interesting info.

Just to add in what I've learned, I spoke to Dick Bartlett who took the photo and he says he remembers that these yellow helena came through Glades Herps, but that he never saw any others like them later.

In K D Shulz's monograph on Elaphe he documents a record of "albinos" that had a yellow ground color and yellow markings. Now the snake in the picture did not appear to be amelanistic but sometimes the term albino gets thrown around pretty freely, so based on the rest of the description I think that snake seems to fit.

Anyway, my interest is purely personal. They look like a great display animal. As is well documented I am a rabid xanthophile.

John

If helena like that really do exist and you can come up with them, you'll have quite a line of people on your waiting list (me included)! Good luck with the search!

Hey, how about a Cameron Highlands Cave Rat for the xanthophile in all of us:

Ophidiophile Farms

Dave:
Beauty snake is definitely the right name for that baby. You and several other guys on this site have got world class ratsnake collections. I just hope you all maintain them so that when I have a little more space I can start buying offspring from you all.

John