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Hypomelanistic eastern garter snake

zookrewe Oct 09, 2005 07:56 PM

I have a cool looking hypomelanistic eastern garter snake that is the product of a wild caught female from Atlantic Beach, Florida. I'm not interested in monetary value, but mostly how often this happens in wild caught individuals. These are only a few weeks old and it will be interesting to see how they change.

~Mike

Sandalwood Herpetology Club

Replies (6)

leehafley Oct 10, 2005 05:16 PM

thats very cool.good luck with it.how many did you get?

zookrewe Oct 10, 2005 05:30 PM

Weeeeelllllllll.......
They were given to me by a guy who caught the female, she gave birth, he kept only 3 of the 60 and released the other 57!! From what it looks like so far, one was hypomelanistic, one hypermelanistic, and one normal.

Mike

HerperHelmz Oct 11, 2005 08:48 PM

Scott Felzer is working with a hypomelanistic Florida Blue Eastern Garter Snake. I think he bred it this year.

Good luck with it.

Here are pics of a Hypomelanistic Shorthead Garter Snake I found earlier in the year...

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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
Helmz777@aol.com
www.freewebs.com/mikesnake
Updated 9/19 NEW PICS/INFO

K00KABURA Oct 12, 2005 10:49 PM

Hi,MIKE.looks plenty cool project for me and I'll be first in line.
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K00KABURA

K00KABURA Oct 15, 2005 12:19 PM

Mike,how big female is.Thanks.Serge.
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K00KABURA

zookrewe Oct 15, 2005 09:18 PM

It was a wild caught female and was let go after she had the babies. She had 60 babies.

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