Collection

Our Collection

These animals are or will become our breeders. Whenever we purchase a new prospective breeder, we look carefully for the best genetic characteristics that will be passed along to offspring. We look at head shape, size, and body proportions along with color and pattern. This careful selection of breeders ensures that we pass along to our customers, animals with the very best in genetic characteristics.

	Albino The albino trait is is a color variation recognized in individuals showing white/orange-gold color in normal patterning along with pink eyes. This trait is simple recessive, meaning that both parents must carry the gene for it to become visible in their offspring. The albino is a "must have" snake for every breeder and collector! This beautiful morph has been combined with other genetic traits with impressive results--i.e. Albino Piebald, Albino Spider, and many others. We produced our first two albinos in 2007 with a het to het breeding. The result was Pasta, shown at the left (named by our Granddaughter) and a male sibling named Smiley by our Grandson.
	Clown We produced 3 clowns in 2011 from a het clown male bred to two of his possible het daughters, proving out all three adults in the process. The clown trait is simple recessive, requiring the gene from both parents to produce clown offspring. This female is a gorgeous example of the clown trait with an aberrant head pattern, black back, and high gold patterning.
	Desert The desert trait is dominant and not to be confused with the desert ghost, which is a simple recessive trait. The desert trait has produced many amazingly beautiful combinations with numerous other traits first pioneered by ProExotics before their devastating fire that destroyed their ball python collection. This desert male was purchased from ProExotics in 2010 and will become the foundation for our desert projects.
	Lemonback (Fire) This is the ProExotic line of fires and key to the beautiful black-eyed lucy morph. We acquired this beautirul female from ProExotics in 2010 and have big plans for her.
	Pastel The pastel trait is co-dominant color variation, meaning that the gene must be present in only one parent for it to become visible in the offspring. When the gene is present in both parents, a super form of the trait can be produced in the next generation. Different breeders have differing lines of pastels. Some lines show slightly different coloration such as the lemon pastel line. Other lines retain their beautiful pastel coloration into adulthood while some other lines fade slightly as adults. The pastel trait is extremely valuable in producing designer morphs and has been crossed with many other traits with amazing results: i.e. Pewter (pastel x cinnamon), Bumblebee (pastel x spider), Lemonblast (pastel x pinstripe) and many others. We have lemon pastels and Grazianni pastels.
	Spider The spider trait is a dominant color and pattern variation. In a spider animal, the dark normal pattern is greatly reduced into a "webbing" appearance and the sides are often white, the belly clear, and the eyes are greenish. There is no known super form of the spider, which is why it is not considered co-cominant. Because visible offspring can be produced in one generation, the spider is an obvious choice for combining with other traits to produce amazing designer morphs such as the Honeybee (spider x ghost/hypo), Spinner Blast (pinstripe x spider x pastel--see below) and dozens of others.
	Mojave The mojave trait is a color variation and is co-dominant, with the super form being a blue-eyed leucistic--a white snake with blue eyes known as a blue-eyed lucy. Recently we have learned much more about the mojave and now know that it shares an allele with the "Special" trait, and when a mojave and a special are bred together, the beautiful Crystal morph is produced. Mojaves have also been combined with pastels and ghosts/hypos with impressive results. Lotus, shown at left, was acquired in 2009 from Black Lotus at the Salt Lake show.
	Ghost/Hypo The ghost trait is simple recessive and is a color variation. A ghost ball python looks frosted, with muted colors and an almost faded appearance that lacks any true black pigment. No picture ever does justice to a ghost! The first time I saw one in person, it took my breath away. There are several variations of ghosts--orange, green, butterscotch, and others. The ghost trait has been combined with other traits to produce stunning results--the Caramel Glow (ghost x caramel albino) and Mimosa (champagne x ghost) to name just two. Marian, our ghost female shown here, is from VMSHerpetoculture. She is a beautiful example of what a ghost should look like and is from what we believe to be the best line of ghosts on the market.
	Axanthic The word axanthic means "without yellow" which explains that this trait is a color variation that lacks yellow pigment. The simple recessive axanthics are silver/grey, white and black as juveniles, but some can develop brown coloring as they mature. They are highly desireable in combination with other traits, such as the pinstripe. We have a pair of axanthics and a pair of hets that should produce for us this year.
	Cinnamon Pastel The cinnamon pastel, or just cinnamon as they are commonly known, is a co-dominant color variation showing a deep chololate brown with faded sides and a clear, white belly. The super form is a solid dark brown/black animal. When combined with a regular pastel trait, the result is the beautiful Cinnamon Pewter. Many other combinations are also being made using the cinnamon. We recently acquired our first cinnamon, shown at left, who will participate in our 2010 breeding program.
	Lesser Platinum The lesser platinum is a color and pattern co-dominant trait that is incredibly important in breeding designer morphs. The super form is another blue-eyed lucy, which can also be produced by breeding a mojave and a lesser together. The lesser has been bred to pinstripes, spiders, pastels, womas, and many others to produce outstanding designer morphs. Cosmo, our lesser breeder male, is shown at left. He is a fine specimen we acquired from the Snake Keeper and is critical to several of our breeding projects.
	Piebald The piebald, or "pied" trait is a simple recessive color and pattern variation that is another "must have" for breeders and collectors alike. Similar to a paint pony, the pied has a normal-patterned head, but the remainder of the body is characterized by varying areas of porcelain white and normal patterning. High white animals are the most prized and command the highest prices, but the amount of white does not seem to be inheritable. Pieds have been combined with nearly every available trait to produce some very impressive designer morphs. Most recently, the new Panda Pied, has been the talk of the breeding community. Our strong breeder male, Calico, is shown at left. He is a high white we obtained at the Denver show in 2008. We have been working with het pieds since 2006.
	Champagne One of the newest morphs on the market is the champagne, a dominant color and pattern variation. It is not yet known whether there is a super form of this trait, so until we know for sure, it will remain classified as dominant. The champagne has been called a "pattern demolisher" by some breeders because resulting offspring are nearly devoid of any original patterning. Very little work has been done with this morph yet, but look for some very exciting combinations to come from this morph in the next few years. Check out the Mimosa (champagne x ghost) on Brock Wagner's page for a look at a gorgeous animal. Our new 2009 champagne is shown at left. We recently acquired her from Tom Carlton at Cypress Creek Reptiles.
	Ivory The beautiful alabaster ivory is the super form of theYellow Belly trait, and is therefore a co-dominant color and pattern variation. With a faint yellow dorsal stripe bordered by subtle lavender markings, and dark blue eyes with red pupils, this morph is truly amazing. We produced two male ivories in 2009 including Star, shown at left. Our yellow bellies, or het ivories, are from the prized Snake Keeper line and are highly regarded as one of the finest het ivory lines on the market. The first ivory ever produced was from the Snake Keeper line in 2003.
	Pinstripe The pinstripe is a co-dominant color and pattern variation with sets of pinstripes running both dorsally and laterally. The pinstripe is a very desireable morph to use in combination with other traits. To date, pinstripes have been crossed with pastels (Lemon Blast), lessers (Kingpin), as well as spiders, caramels, axanthics, ghosts, and others. We recently acquired a beautiful pinstripe male breeder and look forward to working him into several of our breeding projects. See the beautiful spinner blast below to see one result of breeding this guy to a bumblebee female!
	Black Pastel The black pastel trait is co-dominant with the super form being an almost black animal. It is very similar to the cinnamon pastel and produces a pewter when bred to a regular pastel as does the cinnamon. However, the black pastel pewter is darker and judged by some to be more desirable. The super form of the black pastel was combined with the piebald trait to make the amazing panda pied. We purchased Thelma and her female sibling Louise from VMSHerp in 2009 and are looking forward to using them in several projects.
COMBINATIONS--TWO OR MORE VISIBLE GENES
	Super Pastel This beautiful animal is an example of the super form of the co-dominant pastel trait. Because pastel genes came from both of his parents, he is able to pass on only the pastel gene, so there would be no normals produced in any of his clutches. A super pastel is a very desirable morph to have because of this fact. Breed him to a spider and get a mix of pastels, spiders, and bumblebees. Breed him to a piebald and get all pastels that are 100% het for pied.
	Spinner Blast This is our first triple--a pastel spider pinstripe--produced in 2011. He is stunning! We have major breeding plans for him. His mother is a beautiful vibrant bumblebee and his father is a pinstripe.

	Killer Bee This gorgeous female was produced in 2011 by breeding a beautiful, vibrant pastel female to a bumblebee male. The result is a super pastel spider, or Killer Bee.
	Black Pewter This is the dark form of the gorgeous pewter produced by breeding a black pastel to a regular pastel. We produced three males in 2011 and are reserving one as a breeder. We have big plans for this guy!
	Lemonblast This combination is made by breeding a lemon pastel to a pinstripe. The result is a pinstripe-looking animal that is high gold. We produced our first lemonblasts in 2011. The great thing about double and triple morphs is their breeding possibilities. Breeding this male to a black pewter could produce the possibility in one clutch of four different single gene animals, six double gene animals, 2 triples and 1 quad. Wow! Think of the possibilities.
	Lesser Spider This combination is made by breeding a co-dominant lesser with a dominant spider. What a gorgeous animal! We hatched this guy out in 2010 and he will be breeding for us fall 2011. Think of all the possible outcomes if we breed him to a black pastel, a pewter, or a cinnamon.