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These 2 snakes were caught within 100 feet of one another in in Boone Cty, KY.
One is "normal" although pretty for the region (the eastern milks tend to be dark in N KY)
Anyway...you see the differences here...
BTW, both snakes are freshly shed, and Boone is not even CLOSE to syspila country. This are certainly both 100% triangulum.
They are much too large to be hatchlings, probably yearlings.
Thoughts?
dorsal comparison
ventral comparison
Check out the lack of pigment on her nose...
Since you'll want to dispose of those little creatures you can just email me and I'll take over from there.
Nice snakes.
:Mark
Wow.The "normals" A nice looker too. I've seen the babies of dark adults that had a nice red as juveniles but that is nicer.
I would definitely say it's hypomelanistic. And a very nice looking snake at that. Hang onto it, raise it up and breed it, prove out the trait. 
I'd love some easterns that looked like that.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
Helmz777@aol.com
www.freewebs.com/mikesnake
Fyi...these animals are being held in KY by a friend of mine.
I hate to disspoint those who commented on the "find and release"
as I did with the first milk I caught on that site.
...but...I went right out to the same board and collected that same normal female a week after... when the hypo turned up. It was only 100 feet or so from where the hypo was found and I assume it's probably het / hypo.
I'm normally not a collector. But...in this case...well we are talking about bringing a new hypo species into the captive breeding population. Add to that the snakes were both found near an old barn. The owner of the property is burning the barn and surrounding land to build a house...driveway...etc. in the spring. We'll be re-locating every snake we can find.
These 2 milks, and hopefully a male, will be the beginning of a new line of captives, however.
I hope I haven't lost your respect now!
Lost who's respect? I would've kept them in a heartbeat lol.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
Helmz777@aol.com
www.freewebs.com/mikesnake
Fantastic looking animals Dean!! Good luck with that project, looks to be exciting.
Nathan
and having been found 100' apart there is a possiblity the other is a gene carrier. VERY exciting find.
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