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Here she is... I've been waiting for years to have an Indigo, and my dream has finally come true...
I hope you all like her as much as I do.

Take care,
Justin

Great looking little gal you have there too!
Keep the photos flowing, it's great to see those youngsters grow.
Just one thing, you can change the corais spp. to melanurus, as such has recently become the accepted placement...

Best regards,

Jeff Snodgres
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947

Justin,

gREAT LOOKING SNAKE! Welcome to the erebennus club! Who's bloodline is that? You're going to love them!

Jeff,

Explain more on the latin change. Are you saying the species name for erebennus is now melanarus? D.m.erebennus?
I would love to see any paperwork or studies that were released.
Thanks
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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

D.m.erebennus is most often now considered a subspecies of melanurus, a far northern melanistic geographic variant of the widespread tropical/subtropical cribos. E. Indigos are being considered a separate species due to their geographic isolation, plus the labial and other minor scalation differences. This change in thinking began with an article by Joseph Collins that actually had no data or evidence for making the suggestion (it had been suggested more tentatively much earlier), but it has stuck and more recent research supports it.
Craig

Hello A.C.,

While Craig’s description of the taxonomic changes recently incurred by the genus Drymarchon is correct, it was not until Dr. Wolfgang Wuster expounded upon the work of J.T Collins, utilizing multivariate analysis of morphological characters, that the changes to the systematic arrangement of the genus Drymarchon became widely accepted.
I believe Dr. Wuster’s Indigo Systematics page, derived from the conclusions of his study, which was published within the Herpetological Journal in March of ’02, will answer any questions you may have concerning the recent changes to the genus of Drymarchon.
Here is the link to Dr. Wuster’s Indigo systematics page:

http://sbsweb.bangor.ac.uk/~bss166/Taxa/Drymar.htm

Best regards,

Jeff Snodgres
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947

np
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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

n/p

Raising up an indigo hatchling is a true pleasure. May you enjoy many years caring for a beautiful animal. In four years or so I hope you can produce hatchlings to add to the captive population.

I can't tell you how nice it is to see that someone who treasures the animal as much as you obviously do got that snake!

I only produced 2 this year...glad you were one of the guys who got one.

GOOD LUCK!

oh, and yes...I believe Drymarchon melanurus erebennus is the accepted name now. It has been adopted by SSAR, that's good enough for me!

If so...way cool! I hope to produce some that are "similar" next year!

Thanks!

Mike

That is one of the "two".
Good luck with those critters!

Let me know if you need any breeding tips.
You should begin light cycling in late September.

I will take you up on that offer!

They are doing great. Eating like indigos!

Thanks to all of you who replied.
I could not be happier with her, she is absolutely perfect! (She is actually the first Texan I've ever seen in person)

She was one of two Texans that Dean Alessandrini produced this year... BIG THANKS TO HIM - I got lucky to say the least.

At this point, she's only taking corn snake scented pinkies... (I use frozen hatchling parts to scent)
She ate Friday night and Sunday night... So I'm sure she will do just fine, and maybe switch to unscented soon.

I've been taking lots of pics but none seem to do her any justice... I'll post more soon as she sheds and grows...

Thanks again to all and I'm glad to be one you guys now, it's been a long time coming... Indigos Rule!!