Photo courtesy of Robert EdwardsIn Brewster Co. lying adjacent to a northern boundary of Big Bend National Park are the rugged and spectacular Christmas Mountains. This locale has been a favorite of Graybanded Kingsnake enthusiasts for a long time. However, they are not the only amazing looking snakes from this locale. This area is known for some of the most beautiful Pituophis in the U.S. Many of the specimens from this area do key out as Sonoran Gopher Snakes, even though this region is many miles to the east of where the Sonoran Gopher range is supposed to end. Whatever they are, this population offers many spectacular animals. Many individulas exhibit a reduced black or hypo look with some nice yellows such as the specimen below.
Other individuals will have these interesting purple blotches. I have several bloodlines that will produce a wide array of animals which orginated from a guy that collected several specimens from this area over a number of years. Some of the best looking and unusual ones were the founders of this line.
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