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heebyjeebies May 22, 2005 04:29 AM

Ok so nevermind about my snake being a jerk...I think it was just in a bad mood or something...but anyways..a while back i had posted a message talking about how i got a snake that was supposedly a nelsons milksnake...but i have yet to find a nelsons with the coloring as mine..well i FINALLY got a digital camera and snapped a couple pictures...maybe you guys can tell me if it truely is a nelsons or not...

I put Elvis in a box first before I held him, I thought it might be easier than reaching my hand in his cage...I'm actually not even sure if it's a HIM..

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Elvis again

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sdr May 22, 2005 04:55 AM

Appears to be Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri or commonly known as the variable kingsnake.

Hotshot May 22, 2005 01:29 PM

Not even close to being a Nelsons. But you probably paid less for it, being labled as a Nelsons vs. Variable. Nice looking snake.
Brian

>>Ok so nevermind about my snake being a jerk...I think it was just in a bad mood or something...but anyways..a while back i had posted a message talking about how i got a snake that was supposedly a nelsons milksnake...but i have yet to find a nelsons with the coloring as mine..well i FINALLY got a digital camera and snapped a couple pictures...maybe you guys can tell me if it truely is a nelsons or not...
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RATS
1.0 Corn snake "Warpath" (KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Reaper and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Greenish rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Yellow rat snake "Wolverine" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)

RACERS
1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)

KINGS
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)
1.0 Desert Kingsnake "Gambit"
0.1 Florida Kingsnake "Shard"

MILKS
0.0.1 Eastern Milk snake "Cable" (KY locale)
0.0.1 Eastern/Red milk intergrade "Omega Red" (KY locale)

BULLS/GOPHERS/PINES
0.1 Sonoran Gopher "Husk"

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

jlassiter May 25, 2005 10:44 PM

Here is a pic of one of my clutches to show you the variability..
Great looking snake by the way.
John Lassiter

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