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I hope everyone is well and that the breeding season is going smoothly. With 20 or so clutches of eggs already laid and a bunch more pending, I've been "in the season" as of late and have snapped a few photos for those who have asked.

Here are a few Thomas Co., Nebraska locality Pale Milksnakes (Lampropeltis triangulum multistrata) from last year (2012) that are still hanging around here. It's a blast to see them grow and develop. This batch has been especially fun, being high-contrast and well-marked as a whole. They've grown considerably in the past year, with all of them taking unaltered, medium-sized, frozen/thawed pinky mice at this point.

Here's a smokin' male (#11). His white is immaculate and the thick, black borders on his red saddles makes him a stunner.

Another shot of him

This female (#9) is an almost perfect match for him.

Female #8, on the other hand, had broad red saddles and a lot of color on her head.

This final female (#12), has some black stippling showing up on her sides, indicating that she might be an orange and gray looker as an adult. Some of the animals that develop this look can approach the attractiveness of "Blair's Phase" Gray Banded Kings (Lampropeltis alterna).

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-Cole

Wow Cole!!! Those are fantastic!!!

Make sure to post pics of all the bazillions of pales and Gentilis you hatch out this year!!!!

Dave
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Awesome snakes as always Cole! I really liked that first male too but theres some screamers in that bunch for sure, Can't wait to see some of your other locales

Thanks for sharing

Brandon DeCavele

Very nice Cole. They are all nice but the first male is a screamer. I too absolutely love nice clean black borders on tri colors as it sets off the high contrast. On pale milks with good white it makes a world of difference to me. I hope to get up to those parts of NE real soon!!!! By the way, you guys did not tell me how bad the herping sucks here in KS. Lol.

Joe

Cole

You really got some beauties there. They all look just as good as that Cherry County milk you posted during the milkathon a while back.

Sweet.

That first male is indeed smokin' - but those are all very nice.

Tim