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by Jlassiter
September 12th, 2013, 10:15 am
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Subocs...
Replies: 15
Views: 5678

Re: Subocs...

Sweet subocs Toby. I still say striped blonde......lol Thanks John - that's what it "looks" like to me too. Its sibling just shed yesterday, and I was hoping that it would have shed by today - this baby has me a little bit excited. I hope it is a male and its sibling is a female, so I can...
by Jlassiter
September 11th, 2013, 10:27 am
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2013 in Review
Replies: 15
Views: 5945

Re: 2013 in Review

Kent VanSooy wrote:Just gorgeous! Lots of mouths to feed....!
Thank you and yes....close to 100 neonates this year to get on f/t pinkies.....
by Jlassiter
September 11th, 2013, 10:26 am
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Subocs...
Replies: 15
Views: 5678

Re: Subocs...

Sweet subocs Toby.
I still say striped blonde......lol
by Jlassiter
September 10th, 2013, 5:35 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2013 in Review
Replies: 15
Views: 5945

Re: 2013 in Review

Thanks Matt and Zach...
I have yet to breed the Hypo-E Agalma...the male is too small and is finicky.....
by Jlassiter
September 10th, 2013, 1:00 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2013 in Review
Replies: 15
Views: 5945

Re: 2013 in Review

The mex mex and alterna are locale specific though......
by Jlassiter
September 10th, 2013, 12:59 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2013 in Review
Replies: 15
Views: 5945

Re: 2013 in Review

The splendida in the 3rd and 4th picture are generic Axanthics. One blue axanthic and one white axanthic. They have a normal looking sibling and an amel sibling as well. They have been part of a 3 generation project I've had for a while. They are possible het amel and possible het hypo, but the hypo...
by Jlassiter
September 10th, 2013, 12:57 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2013 in Review
Replies: 15
Views: 5945

Re: 2013 in Review

The axanthics aren't but the normal looking ones are F2s from Green Valley, Arizona. Pics 1, 2, 5 and 9 I think.... We hatched out 7 of them this year from an F1 pair I got that Terry Cox produced from a wild caught pair. The wild caught sire was a nigrita phenotype and the dam was a splendida pheno...
by Jlassiter
September 9th, 2013, 7:20 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2013 in Review
Replies: 15
Views: 5945

Re: 2013 in Review

John, Have you done a hypo-e X hypo-e mex mex breeding yet? Thanks, Scott Yea Scott I did it for the first time this year. When I got back from West Texas there were 8 perfect looking eggs in the nest box. At around 45 days of incubation all of them went bad...... I will try next year as both adult...
by Jlassiter
September 9th, 2013, 7:18 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2013 in Review
Replies: 15
Views: 5945

Re: 2013 in Review

justinm wrote:The colors on your meansi are sure more vibrant than my hatchlings were. I had a huge variety in the babies though, only a few came out banded. How large was that clutch?
Thanks Justin.......The female laid 12 perfect eggs and all 12 hatched but one died in the egg container some how......
by Jlassiter
September 9th, 2013, 7:17 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2013 in Review
Replies: 15
Views: 5945

Re: 2013 in Review

What a year, John. They are beautiful. Those goini are nice! Thanks Ross....I did better than last year but I failed with some pairings and lost a few eggs because I was in West Texas for 12 days in June......I guess I will bring them out earlier next year to see if I can be home for egg laying and...
by Jlassiter
September 9th, 2013, 1:17 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: SUCCESS! TX Banded Gecko Hatchlings
Replies: 11
Views: 5817

Re: SUCCESS! TX Banded Gecko Hatchlings

Awesome Chris....Congratulations!
by Jlassiter
September 9th, 2013, 1:15 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2013 in Review
Replies: 15
Views: 5945

2013 in Review

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by Jlassiter
September 7th, 2013, 9:12 am
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: central Guatemalan milks (L.t. abnorma)
Replies: 8
Views: 4225

Re: central Guatemalan milks (L.t. abnorma)

Gorgeous Scott!
by Jlassiter
September 6th, 2013, 9:58 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Mystery Snake
Replies: 45
Views: 14361

Re: Mystery Snake

I have some very similar I just produced but mine are from some F2 Green Valley, Arizona getula. As everyone knows that area is a convergence of three getula phenotypes (splendida, nigrita and californiae). One of the wild caught pair that produced my breeding pair of F1s was a nigrita phenotype and...
by Jlassiter
September 6th, 2013, 9:48 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Hybrid Lampropeltis looks like another species?
Replies: 12
Views: 5509

Re: Hybrid Lampropeltis looks like another species?

I have some very similar I just produced but mine are from some F2 Green Valley, Arizona getula. As everyone knows that area is a convergence of three getula phenotypes (splendida, nigrita and californiae). One of the wild caught pair that produced my breeding pair of F1s was a nigrita phenotype and...
by Jlassiter
September 6th, 2013, 9:33 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cane toads in Texas
Replies: 12
Views: 4543

Re: Cane toads in Texas

Toby Brock and Myself found one east of Hebronville...Looking for picture now....
by Jlassiter
November 27th, 2012, 11:29 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Mystery Snake ID - Help Needed - Singapore South East Asia
Replies: 8
Views: 2430

Re: Mystery Snake ID - Help Needed - Singapore South East As

I wonder if the short tail is the result of the snake loosing part of it.

If not, the short tail reminds me of Macrocalamus, but the "pattern" is off.....
by Jlassiter
November 27th, 2012, 11:18 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: My Mex Mex
Replies: 8
Views: 3040

Re: My Mex Mex

Thanks Chris. I have no other legal choice but to work with captive mexicana if I want to keep and breed them. I would hope that one day we could work with wild caught kingsnakes from Mexico again (legally). But, until then we are stuck with the mexicana hands we were dealt around 3 decades ago. BTW...
by Jlassiter
November 27th, 2012, 12:41 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: My Mex Mex
Replies: 8
Views: 3040

Re: My Mex Mex

Thanks guys. L. m. mexicana are found in the Mexican States of San Luis Potosi, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas and Guanajuato. Most, if not all of our captive Mex Mex are from wild collected kings found in Valle de los Fantasmas or near by Alvarez. Their common name is San Luis Potosi King or Mex Mex. An...
by Jlassiter
November 6th, 2012, 12:27 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: My Mex Mex
Replies: 8
Views: 3040

Re: My Mex Mex

Thanks for the compliment....I guess you are the only one that likes Mex Mex besides me here on FHF.....lol And yes, I still have some ruthveni... I have a nice Amealco collection including some striped, aberrant and amels. I also have a trio of Tapalpas (one is the "diablo" female) and on...
by Jlassiter
November 2nd, 2012, 12:21 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: My Mex Mex
Replies: 8
Views: 3040

My Mex Mex

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by Jlassiter
September 11th, 2012, 7:57 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Mountain Kingsnakes in Arizona
Replies: 49
Views: 27787

Re: Mountain Kingsnakes in Arizona

Great AZ post. This time of year pretty all AZ post are the same four ( :sleep: ) animals. Klaubs, pricei, tigers, and turd brown snakes (Willardi) :lol: Very cool to see another persons pyro shots. I love the fact you took all insitu :thumb: . That's the only kind of pics I take of herps I find ca...
by Jlassiter
July 19th, 2012, 10:22 am
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: New kingsnake!
Replies: 6
Views: 1907

Re: New kingsnake!

MSP (milk snake phase) Lampropeltis mexicana leonis "thayeri" - Nuevo Leon King snake.
Looks like one from my old Lemke line.

Where did you get it in Corpus Christi?
From who?
Is it a yearling? or a hatchling?
by Jlassiter
July 8th, 2012, 2:09 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Lampropeltis ID?
Replies: 8
Views: 2619

Re: Lampropeltis ID?

Looks like a ruthveni to me.....Amealco locale too.
by Jlassiter
July 2nd, 2012, 8:49 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: what snakes do you breed( lizards and frogs are welcome)
Replies: 54
Views: 12758

Re: what snakes do you breed( lizards and frogs are welcome)

I breed numerous kings (mexicana, greeri, leonis "thayeri", alterna, ruthveni, californiae, holbrooki, nigrita, splendida, pyromelena, knoblochi, zonata, multifasciata) and a few Old World rat snakes (diones, situla)....I'm even trying my hand with some loxocemus bicolor..... In the past I...
by Jlassiter
February 24th, 2012, 9:10 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Feeder lizards
Replies: 42
Views: 15989

Re: Feeder lizards

CGD=Crested Gecko Diet I'd love for someone to mass produce sceloporus and uta for mexicana, montane and alterna kings..... Well, I have been thinking of that... A good friend of mine has set up a colony of Scelops. and have had luck with producing quite a few babies for his mountain kings. But Joh...
by Jlassiter
February 24th, 2012, 5:46 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Feeder lizards
Replies: 42
Views: 15989

Re: Feeder lizards

CGD=Crested Gecko Diet

I'd love for someone to mass produce sceloporus and uta for mexicana, montane and alterna kings.....
by Jlassiter
February 14th, 2012, 7:09 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: So what breeding plans do y'all have for 2012?
Replies: 62
Views: 15072

Re: So what breeding plans do y'all have for 2012?

Mexicana, greeri, thayeri, ruthveni, alterna, pyromelana, knoblochi, zonata, nigrita, holbrooki, splendida, californiae, situla and diones.
by Jlassiter
November 19th, 2011, 7:27 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Question: Growth and Size Potential???
Replies: 7
Views: 2226

Re: Question: Growth and Size Potential???

You must also consider that snakes are individuals.... Just as there are tall and short sibling humans there can be small & large sibling snakes........ But I am one to believe that they never stop growing........their growth is not noticed once they are thought to be "full grown" adul...
by Jlassiter
November 19th, 2011, 7:23 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Question: Growth and Size Potential???
Replies: 7
Views: 2226

Re: Question: Growth and Size Potential???

I don't understand what you mean by "pushed"....... A kingsnake (my experience) will not eat if it isn't hungry or if husbandry is incorrect. If a Kingsnake is hungry it will eat 3 meals (multiple rodents) a week easily and reach breeding age within 18 to 30 months........ One will see an ...
by Jlassiter
November 19th, 2011, 3:27 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Your oldest pet?
Replies: 22
Views: 5243

Re: Your oldest pet?

I have a wild caught L. ruthveni over here that belongs to Shannon Browm. He was found by Lloyd
Lemke as an adult in Amealco, Mexico in 1983. So he is at least 30 years old.

Then I have some 14 to 20 year old knoblochi, Mex Mex and other ruthveni......and a 10 year old rat terrier....
by Jlassiter
November 15th, 2011, 8:42 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Annual Feeding Costs
Replies: 9
Views: 2555

Re: Annual Feeding Costs

I pay about $6000 a year for frozen rodents for 200 snakes......That's $30 a snake on average just for food..........But the cost of electricity to cool in the South Texas Summers is expensive plus the cost of cooling in the winter for brumation is additional....and the cost for the electricity that...
by Jlassiter
October 24th, 2011, 10:07 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Mexicana Anyone?
Replies: 3
Views: 1670

Re: Mexicana Anyone?

Aaron.....In the past two years I have not produced any amel ruthveni but have produced a few "double hets" for amel and striped/aberrant. I have not bred amel to amel in years......but may do so this coming year since they seem to have all but vanished in the hobby......Then I can have so...
by Jlassiter
October 18th, 2011, 9:47 am
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Reptiles you feel should be better represented, Pics now up.
Replies: 86
Views: 17365

Re: Reptiles you feel should be better represented, Pics now

They are easy to care for but are tricky to breed.....I have 2.2 adults that failed breeding attempts this year.......Still trying though.........
by Jlassiter
October 17th, 2011, 12:26 am
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Reptiles you feel should be better represented, Pics now up.
Replies: 86
Views: 17365

Re: Reptiles you feel should be better represented, Pics now

+1 for Loxocemus Bicolor and Abronia!!!
by Jlassiter
September 22nd, 2011, 10:50 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Mexicana Anyone?
Replies: 3
Views: 1670

Re: Mexicana Anyone?

Oh wait......
L. ruthveni aren't Mexicana any more......
My bad.....lol
by Jlassiter
September 22nd, 2011, 10:44 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Mexicana Anyone?
Replies: 3
Views: 1670

Mexicana Anyone?

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by Jlassiter
August 26th, 2011, 12:42 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Inbreeding in herpetoculture
Replies: 45
Views: 16626

Re: Inbreeding in herpetoculture

ratsnakehaven wrote:
Of course, line breeding is done by most reptile breeders and dealers. .

TC ;)

And by "Morph Miners".......LOL
by Jlassiter
August 22nd, 2011, 10:39 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Some Thayeri
Replies: 6
Views: 2847

Re: Some Thayeri

Very Nice Greg!
Love the pinners on the white ground color.......
I need a female....LOL
by Jlassiter
August 20th, 2011, 3:35 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2011 Mexicana...
Replies: 23
Views: 4976

Re: 2011 Mexicana...

Cole....
Thanks....
The Jalpans laid what looked like 1 good egg but it did not make it..... I will be trying again next year with them.....
by Jlassiter
August 18th, 2011, 10:54 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Inbreeding in herpetoculture
Replies: 45
Views: 16626

Re: Inbreeding in herpetoculture

All very great points.....
by Jlassiter
August 18th, 2011, 5:05 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2011 Mexicana...
Replies: 23
Views: 4976

Re: 2011 Mexicana...

Thank you Terry!
by Jlassiter
August 18th, 2011, 7:53 am
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Inbreeding in herpetoculture
Replies: 45
Views: 16626

Re: Inbreeding in herpetoculture

Paul White wrote:Lassiter: what about all the problems with albino boas back in the 90s?

This is up for discussion.......

Explain the defects they have had.........
by Jlassiter
August 18th, 2011, 7:52 am
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Inbreeding in herpetoculture
Replies: 45
Views: 16626

Re: Inbreeding in herpetoculture

One thing I have noticed when there is too much inbreeding are the bulging eyes thing... I do not care for that feature on a snake, I have seen it on Grey Bands and in some rat snakes. Personally, I won't buy a snake with that look. just does not look right to me. Actually...... There isn't much in...
by Jlassiter
August 17th, 2011, 10:40 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Inbreeding in herpetoculture
Replies: 45
Views: 16626

Re: Inbreeding in herpetoculture

Outcrossing is certainly a great way to strengthen lines.....But there are some animals out there (IE: mexicana) that we cannot get any more "new" blood to outcross to........We are stuck with what was brought into this hobby decades ago.......All have been bred together now.......Thus, th...
by Jlassiter
August 17th, 2011, 6:04 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Inbreeding in herpetoculture
Replies: 45
Views: 16626

Re: Inbreeding in herpetoculture

No problem at all with inbreeding.......they even do it in the wild I've been told......

Personally I've line bred before for 4 generations with no I'll effects.......thayeri.......
by Jlassiter
August 15th, 2011, 7:32 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2011 Mexicana...
Replies: 23
Views: 4976

Re: 2011 Mexicana...

Sibling to the first Leonis pictured......

Image
by Jlassiter
August 12th, 2011, 3:35 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2011 Mexicana...
Replies: 23
Views: 4976

Re: 2011 Mexicana...

I had one Mexicana that would eat, but it was only every two weeks. That was the only picky eater I've dealt with. These are really small as babies, so you need small pinks. I love mine. The adult male I still have is not only beautiful and gentle, he will literally eat anything I give him out of m...
by Jlassiter
August 12th, 2011, 3:33 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: 2011 Mexicana...
Replies: 23
Views: 4976

Re: 2011 Mexicana...

monklet wrote:Great post John! The variety is astounding! :shock:
Thanks monklet.......they so fun at hatch time!