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Hello everyone,

I would just like to formally introduce myself to these forums. My name is Brad and I'm from Michigan. I have been on these forums for a while but never really gave an introduction. I have seen some amazing animals and have gotten a few very good ideas from these forums. These boards have a maturity and educational aspect that most internet message boards do not have. If you would introduce yourself as well I would appreciate it, if youre new to the site or a veteran.
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1.0 Normal Corn Snake
1.0 Ball Python
1.0 BCI
0.1 California King

"These boards have a maturity and educational aspect that most internet message boards do not have."

Haha..Apparently you havn't been around too long My name is Andy. I am a student at Texas A&M and have been on these boards for ~5 years or so. Nice to meet you and hope you will stay around for a while.
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Andy Maddox
AIM: thekingofproduct
MSN: Poloboy32486@hotmail.com
Yahoo:surfandskimtx04
Houston Herp Key
The Reptizone

"Some things will never change. They just stand there looking backwards. Half-unconsious from the pain. They may seem rearranged. In the backwater swirling. There is something that'll never change-The Meat Puppets"

Hey Brad. I'm Josh and I'm a student in Springfield, IL (live in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago). Hanging around these boards gave me the info and contacts to get my dreamsnake (an eastern indigo).
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One female Eastern Indigo. That's right, just one snake. But she's my dream-snake, so back off man.

Oh yeah...here's a pick of the afore mentioned Eastern Indigo. Here names Lenore and she hatched on July 13th of this year. She's a little different from this picture (taken after hatching) - she's more robust now (gained the famed indigo feeding response recently) and is almost entirely black (except for a little bit under the chin).

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One female Eastern Indigo. That's right, just one snake. But she's my dream-snake, so back off man.

SUWEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!
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1.0 Corn snake "Warpath" (KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Punisher and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Yellow rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.1 California king snake "Bandit and Moonstar" (Coastal phase)
1.0 Prairie king snake "Bishop" (KY locale)
0.1 Black king snake "Domino" (KY locale)
0.0.1 Eastern Milk snake "Cable" (KY locale)
0.0.1 Eastern/Red milk intergrade "Omega Red" (KY locale)

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

He-he, I say the same thing ever time she pokes her head out of her hide. Still giddy over getting her and I don't think I'll ever recover.
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One female Eastern Indigo. That's right, just one snake. But she's my dream-snake, so back off man.

just a 40 year old female pet owner. I LOVE this kingsnake site. it's fun and educational. I've gotten some good advice here and love to read about other peoples herps.

My little zoo:
jungle carpet python 'safari'
ghost corn 'janome'
amel corn 'diamond'
tangerine dream milk 'zorro'
baby albino sonoran gopher (no name yet)
2 baby anoles 'lazarath' and 'shorty'
4 cats
2 dogs
and my sister has 2 more cats.
(may be getting fire belly toads in future!)

Hi Brad. My name is Bryan, I recently graduated from Mississippi State, and am currently working as a herp field/lab tech. I have been on this site for probably a year or so. Nice to meet you.
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roomates:
1.0.0 anery corn "zepplin"
1.0.0 normal corn "little bub"
0.0.1 red milk "ed"
2.0.0 false map turtles "marley & harley"
0.0.1 alabama map turtle "pulchra"
0.5.0 eastern garters

Hey Brad, I am Frank and I have been involved with herps for many years (as amatuer and pro), as well as animal rescue. My pen name of course refers to Opistoglyphic snakes which are my main interest.

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

Hi, i'm Chris...another college student...been at UF and now i'm back at home at the community college (on my 5th major right now lol). been a poser here for about a year, in the snake section for about 4 months. Along with one of the reptile forums i've found that you can really get good help from, it's the only one i've found that actually has active posters, most messages are months old, up to a year or more old on the first page! lol.

and welcome
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The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

Battling ignorance one stupid person at a time.

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat(Lola)
1.0 Neonate Black Rat (het for Lic Stk's) (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds ("Bill" and "The Bride aka Beatrix Kiddo" )

Hell Brad, my name Is Miller. I started using this forum regularly this year. I have been keeping snakes since I was old enough to catch and sneak them into my bedroom. I don't post advice because I feel like such a novice with all the expertise that can be found here. Welcome and hello to everyone else I have not had the pleasure of chatting with.

Miller
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Miller
0.1 Florida King
1.0 Chow Chow
0.2 Cats
1.1 Eastern Kings

Hey Brad how ya doin!
My name is Brian and I have been frequenting these forums now for about 3 years. Love to go field herping and Colubrids are my favorite snake. Just about all NA kings, milks, rats, and racers. Met some great people on here and there are alot of knowledgeable people that frequent here! I live in KY and am a member of the KY herp society, and on our website we have a forum that is also nice and with some good links as well.

Here is my KY locale black rat snake. He is 3 years old and puppy tame.
Later on and happy herping!!

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1.0 Corn snake "Warpath" (KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Punisher and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Yellow rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.1 California king snake "Bandit and Moonstar" (Coastal phase)
1.0 Prairie king snake "Bishop" (KY locale)
0.1 Black king snake "Domino" (KY locale)
0.0.1 Eastern Milk snake "Cable" (KY locale)
0.0.1 Eastern/Red milk intergrade "Omega Red" (KY locale)

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

Hi, I'm Lora. I've been keeping snakes steady for the past 15 years or so and catching them all my life. I mainly keep colubrids and specialize in rat snakes. I've been on the forums for a couple years (just never thought that there were snake people out there on the internet before that). Glad you're enjoying the forums and most of the people around are willing to help you with questions, when you have them.
Lora
Currently keeping a Coastal Carpet, a Taiwan Beauty rat snake, a Mexican Black Kingsnake, 4 African House Snakes various phases, 3 Mandarin Rat snakes, 2 Leopard Rat snakes, 2 Western Hognose, 2 Brazilian Rainbow Boas...

My name is Sean (I'm 15) and like everyone else on these forums, I love learning about reptiles and teaching others what I've learned. Over the past 5 years I've got some experience under my belt with alot of different species of lizards, snakes, and amphibians. Along with some hands on I read alot of books and articles on the internet, but still have alot of learning to do about the less common species.

I helped a local breeder for a couple years with his cornsnakes, kingsnakes, milksnakes, various ratsnakes, occasional boas, and a few pythons( anyone here know John Organiscak from Columbus Ohio?).

So far I've taught alot of boy scouts, cub scouts, and various people that wanted to learn about these amazing creatures.

Zoology is where I'm headed , Eventually I'd like to be able to work for the Columbus Zoo education department or ODNR.
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Current Collection:
0.1 Antherystic elaphe guttata guttata - Corn Snake
1.0 Elaphe vulpina gloydi - Eastern Fox Snake
0.1 Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta - Black Rat Snake
0.1 Leucistic elaphe obsoleta Linheimeri - Texas Ratsnake
1.1 Morelia spilotac cheyni - Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Tiliqau scincoide - Blue Tongue Skink

Hi Brad! I'm known as Raven on most of the forums. I stumbled across the KS site back in '99 when looking for additional information on some Dumerils boas I'd just gotten. I've been keeping boas and pythons for about 13 years now, maybe a bit more, and have recently started branching out in my interests to include a multitude of species. The KS forums do offer a lot of good information and there's some great people out here. We have our 'special' moments, but you're right in that it isn't like some other boards I've visited.

Currently I have......

4.10 Bci (Colombian redtails of varying ages)
1.1 Dumerils boas
1.1 Cuban boas
2.1 Solomon Island ground boas
0.1 Santa Isabel ground boa
1.0 Colombian rainbow boa
1.0 Ball python
0.1 Burmese python (13 feet)
0.1 Albino burmese python (~5 feet)
1.0 Jungle X Coastal carpet python
0.1 Queensland Coastal carpet python
1.1 Snow corns
1.0 Normal phase corn
0.1 Hypo corn (sibling to the normal male)
0.0.1 Creamsicle corn
1.1 House cats (spoiled rotten! LOL)

It's a menagerie, but I like it.

Raven

my name is kelly
i'm 32, from seattle, love herps.