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To: TigersEye
You'll probably like BJ, too.

She's a double het Jeff Gee Albino/Sunglow but not "visual" so she just looks like a regular Boa.

Then there's Eva Marie Snake who's a juvenile Super Hypo Jungle

And Veronica, a Kahl Albino

And Ruby, a common Colombian Boa in her 'light phase'.

[Ruby was a 'cheap snake' because she bit her former owner and was being handled with thick leather gloves. She's been nothing but an extremely sweet, gentle snake to me. Maybe she just didn't like him much or sensed he was afraid of her]

I was not aware of the relative lack of snakes in CO.

We have all kinds here but you rarely see them alive.

People wantonly kill snakes out of fear and ignorance.

At least one black Rat Snake comes in upstairs occasionally and likes to wrap around my ankles.

I've seen a Milk Snake up there, too.

[old log houses are pretty much impossible to seal up very well]

The thinnest ice I've probably ever skated on was bringing a very angry groundhog into the kitchen....:)

We have amphibians of every sort.

Obviously, salamanders are very high on my favorites list.

My parents' property is full of descendants of amphibians I rescued from the mountain roads at night during mating season.

People just ran them down with no concern at all so I started gathering up the survivors and bringing them home.

Their sounds in their back yard, on summer nights, is positively deafening...LOL

54 posted on 01/13/2013 7:28:40 PM PST by Salamander (This is my tagline. There are many others like it but this one is mine.)
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To: Salamander
Wow!!! They're fantastic. Yes, I like BJ. Those geometric patterns in deep hues are really a treat for the eyes. It sounds like you have created quite a herpetological park both inside and outside your home. Very cool.

I have never heard of so many varieties. Are those captive-bred hybrids or natural species variations?

I'm afraid CO, due to being high, dry and cold, has a lack of plants and animals, both numbers and species, relative to other regions. The welcome aspect of that for humans is the minimal insect life. The downside being that insects are major din din for a lot of our scaly and water-loving friends.

56 posted on 01/13/2013 9:56:17 PM PST by TigersEye (Free fetus disposal is not a right.)
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