Yep, she's a beauty, Dusty. Definitely like the looks of these guys. I was wondering about the babies though? I'm not sure I've ever seen a baby Mexican. They probably look like the Texas Baird's, but if you could confirm that, that would be nice. I like them as babies almost more than the adults, a fun snake to raise up.

BTW, I did a little research yesterday and found out that my idea of a Mexican subspecies was wrong. I was getting confused with the suboc and it's Mexican ssp, amplinota. Funny how that happens as we get older, eh..haha! In all my years working with ratsnakes I've never kept two, the Baja Rat and the Trans-Pecos. Maybe that will change when we get in our new home in AZ. I'll be going there in April to work on the house a little more and getting it ready.

Cheers, and thanks for the info...TC




>>Hi Terry,
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>>Yeah, that red really crescendos into the tail...really neat. I mean, how much cooler can you get than a maize-yellow snake with a gray or silver head?
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>>That male is a monster, easily huskier than any suboc I presently own. They're probably about the same size as the Texans.
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>>One funny thing about my Baird's...they all buzz their tails when they've got a mouse in their coils, just before eating. My Texans and Mexicans ALL do that, from babies to adults, when I walk past the cage. My subocs and Green Rats really don't do that very often. Neither do the gray-bandeds...in fact, the gray-banded kings are some of the most focused feeders I've ever seen in a snake...very little distracts them once they've grabbed a prey item. You can pick them up, etc. etc.
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>>If there was ever a proposal on naming the "subspecies" of Nuevo Leon bairdi, then I'd love to see that. As far as I know, they haven't.
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>>Here's a female from Galeana, Nuevo Leon:
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>>Cheers!
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>>Dusty Rhoads
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>>Suboc.com


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