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MRC
10-26-2003, 11:00 PM
Im starting to like the different Gopher snakes and morphs, ive recently found on the net. Lavendar colored, albinos, hypos, patternless, striped. Some of my collection includes Albino, Hypo Melanistic, Great Basin, Sonoran, Pacific NW. I find the majority of them to be pleasant tempered, and wonderful for people to hold, to overcome their fear of snakes. heres a couple pictures of some of mine, and a few from this year. Excuse the poor quality pictures.
MRC
10-26-2003, 11:01 PM
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MRC
10-26-2003, 11:05 PM
3. Young,Arizona this year. This one has some nice lavendar color near the head, not very visible in the picture. Unfortunately it was run over by the car infront of me, and i had to finish it off.
MRC
10-26-2003, 11:07 PM
Heres a Winslow,AZ Gopher
MRC
10-26-2003, 11:08 PM
No he wasnt very friendly!!!
Rich G.
10-27-2003, 10:00 AM
from a little further south.
Gila Kid
10-27-2003, 10:27 AM
You say that last one is from down south. How far down south? No locations of course, but are we talking south of the border.
Cmpyrrhus
10-27-2003, 11:19 AM
Love that last Pit! It is a shame that a lot of Arizona resident herpers take our pits for granted. They are beautiful snakes.

----Beau
reptilist
10-27-2003, 11:21 AM
That specimen sure is an eye catcher!
I ditto the query...How far south?
MRC
10-27-2003, 11:54 AM
Very Nice!
Brendan
10-27-2003, 01:53 PM
The animal that Rich posted is from south of the border. To be a little more exact....Mexico.
reptilist
10-27-2003, 02:43 PM
Is it an oddball specimen or is there a similar looking population of them down there?
Rich G.
10-27-2003, 04:43 PM
or Mexican Bull Snake (Pituophis deppei deppei) from the Sierra Tarahumara in southern Chihuahua. They are extremely variable throughout their range in Mexico, and even a bit within a local population. Babies hatch about as butt ugly as a Pit could be then slowly transform into beautiful adults. The specimen in the pic is about five feet in length.
HERPSKEEPER
10-28-2003, 04:51 PM
very nice pics. the gopher snake has always been my favorite snake
Scott W
12-01-2003, 01:53 PM
Originally posted by MRC
3. Young,Arizona this year. This one has some nice lavendar color near the head, not very visible in the picture. Unfortunately it was run over by the car infront of me, and i had to finish it off.

You were in Young, eh? I used to live there!:D Young sure has some beautiful Gophers.:) Whereabouts did you find that snake? On what road?:D