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Corn Snake
Justin Snyder:
I checked the pet stores. Some really pretty color phases but dang they are expensive. :'( Justin
Postman:
This is the one in my classroom - she doesn't have any brown color, just red (called amelanistic) you might check some reptile pet companies who might sell ya old "breeder snakes" that aren't productive anymore and would get tossed in the freezer anyway to save on rat costs. Mine is 14 years old and usually doesn't produce more than 2-3 fertile eggs per dozen. I think many older snakes do this - or maybe my male has "reptile dysfunction...?" ;D
There are tons of color morphs - most to bright for bow camo, but cool nonetheless. The wild ones vary a lot from region to region. The really beautiful wild-type ones are usually marketed as "Okeetees", if that helps.
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JW_Halverson:
Wow, pretty snake. I'd have a hard time killing that snake just to back a bow. For that matter, I have let quite a few bull snakes get away, too.
Prettiest snake job I ever saw was a gaboon viper backed over osage orange. Gaboon's are not too common on the prairies of South Dakota for that matter, so I don't think they have to worry about me snagging their coats (well, they being one of the 5 deadliest snakes in the world may have something to do with that, too).
Ranger B:
I thought gaboon vipers weren't indigenous to the U.S. and illegal to have.
El Destructo:
I am sure that He was just funnin Ya....since Gaboon Vipers are from the Equatrial Jungles of Africa
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