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These 2 little girls were born last night, the granite morph really produces some crazy patterns, especially on the top of the head and neck, what they lack in eye popping color they make up for in the crazy and interesting pattern, subtle but very interesting. Guess I really didn't think much of them at first, thought they were drab and kinda had to talk myself into getting a pair, but this granite morph is really starting to grow on me, what do you guys think?

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Jeff Benfer
gartersnakemorph.com

I like! Very clean and interesting.
After my ribbon died I haven't had another thamnophis. I may again sometime fairly soon, they're pretty neat.
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We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.
6.6 African House snakes
3.2 reticulated pythons
.1 corn snake
4.2 Florida Kings
1.2 speckled kings
1.2 ball pythons
0.0.1 Argentine boa

I think they look very pretty! They remind me of the Euopean grass snake.
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
J Sierra

They are pretty, but they just don't have the "wow" color impact, do they? I guess its an aquired subtle taste for reduced crazy random pattern, as opposed to the bold organized checkers. I think granite a good discription of that morph though.
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Jeff Benfer
gartersnakemorph.com

AWESOME SNAKE!!! Never seen that morph before. Did you breed those yourself and if so what are genetics. I think that morph definitely warrants a bloodline established. Last thing I am curious about is the scientific name.
-HAPPY HERPING

I aquired a pair of granites last year and produced those two babies this spring. they are a morph of the checkered garters (T. marcianus), it is a proven recessive gene, the original granite was found in the wild, not sure exactly who found the original granite in the wild, but I think Scott Felzer had aquired it last year, not sure if he sold it or still has it, he would know more about the background.
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Jeff Benfer
gartersnakemorph.com