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Hey John,

I was looking at your web site and I have to say that the Pit I was most surprised and impressed with was the Great Basin gopher.

Is that an unusually coloful specimen?

It looks like a HOSS to...
What's there typical size as adults?

Thanks,
Dean

Those are a good looking group of great basins a friend gave me on a breeder loan. They are pretty big for great basins at about 4 1/2 - 5' and very heavy bodied. They are long term captives he caught over a couple of years as hatchlings. We are looking forward to breeding them this year in the group are 2.5 that are all fairly consistent in color and pattern. I also got some of the offspring from last year and the contrast is being to show on them also.

John Cherry
Cherryville Farms
Cherryville Farms - Reptiles

Dean -
Great Basins are one of the underrated pituophis in my opinion. They really have some nice pattern and ground colors. I think what throws people off is that I see alot of integrates on the pics posted. The pure ones are killer.

Terry Parks

>>Hey John,
>>
>>I was looking at your web site and I have to say that the Pit I was most surprised and impressed with was the Great Basin gopher.
>>
>>Is that an unusually coloful specimen?
>>
>>It looks like a HOSS to...
>>What's there typical size as adults?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Dean