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Does anyone breed these in the US?

Are they easy to care for?

I think they look interesting, at least superficially. I like the "almost garter snake/decay snake" look as a baby and then their patternless look as adults.

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1.0 2001 Coral snow cornsnake
0.1 2002 Pastel Ghost poss Het Amelanistic cornsnake
1.1 2002 Bloodred cornsnakes
0.1 1998 Het Hypo, Het Caramel cornsnake
1.0 2000 Hypo Het Caramel cornsnake
0.0.13 2004 Eggs (potentially normals, hypos, caramels, and ambers)

Amanda:
Currently there are several keepers working with longissima in this country. There are several breeders in Europe. The problem is there aren't a lot of (if any) adult snakes breeding in this country yet. Mark and Kim Bell may be working with them but I don't know if they sell retail or if they have been successful breeding their animals. Now in a couple or three years there will probably be a number of babies available.

As for what they're like, read what K.D. Schulz has to say about them in his monograph on Elaphe. He has a good sized chapter on them. They vary a good deal in appearance from almost black to much lighter brown and yellow, to some amelanistic animals. The southern Italian animals have been relegated to a new species.

I have a pair of juveniles from a german locale that I got from Gregg Feaster who is working with them. They're good feeders but quite nervous. It will be interesting to see what their temperment and behavior evolve to as they mature. They are a larger animal, something on the order of the american obsoleta, so they probably will require a good-sized enclosure. If I can give you any other info shoot me an email.
John