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Hey you guys,

I purchased some costly snakes said to be indigenous to Guatemala.
Can someone please help me identify this snake so that I can take better care of it. Please help me to identify it. Thank you. Both of them are beautiful.

Pituophis lineaticollis gibsoni if the Guatamala subspecies

You are right on. Nice snakes, huh?

You lucky bastard!

Awesome!
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yeah, I am pretty lucky. Thanks.

As noted this is Masaquate de tierra frio aka Gibson's gophersnake (Pituophis l. gibsoni). I bred these guys in early 2013. I suspect you ended up with the pair I sold to Eric Pfeiffer. I recall he was trying to turn them over. Drop me an e-mail and I will give you all the history on that pair as well as care information.

Congratulations! You are among a very small group of people working with the first ever gibsoni ever produced out side of Guatemala.

Ginter

here is an image of the mother.

John Ginter,

This is Pat Briggs. This are two of your babies that I have now. I'm justing messing with these guys.

Oh Pat you crafty fellow. I should have guessed it was you. That is the kind of thing I would do! Ha ha ha. I knew they were from my 2013 breeding but didn't know which pair. It will be 3 or 4 years before anyone else breeds these.

Drug them out for some pics already I see. You have got to be one very happy guy!

I am trying to keep track of the 2013 offspring but I suspect it will soon be a lost cause. Enjoy!

good gracious those are nice looking snakes. I am really happy with the rich golden brown coloration they are developing.

I am happy with the gibsoni; they both look healthy. I am also please with the jani. They look great.

John,
Post an image of the male gibsoni, so that we can all see him in all his glory.

John,

Show us the parents to the Jani too.

Hey John, could you send me the account of how the gibsoni came into the hobby? I collecting as much info as I can on the hobby origins of pituophis and the various morphs. Dates, places, people, and pics would be greatly appreciated and if I do end up getting a book made from all this, credits would be giving for all sources of info.

When do you plan on producing more btw? I definitely want in on this.

Me too! dogshead3@yahoo.com