Gray Bands

 





Baja Mtn. Kings


  
  


     

 

Durango Mtn. Kings (L.m.Greeri)


  

 
     

 



Ruthvens Kings (L. Ruthveni)


Amealco



  


 
 


Jalapan



  
 


Tapalpa



  
 

Ruthveni are still a somewhat controversial taxonamy. At present they look like they may be the mother of all mexicana. I won't get into it too much, but there is some really good reading on Robert Hansen's site www.sierraherps.com. I work with all three known locales of the ruthveni. I have the traditional southwestern Queretaro (Amealco locale) that was first brought into the states in the early 80s by Lloyd Lemke and his group. This is where the albinos and the first aberrant line came from. I still have (in partnership with Aaron Mattson) the original w/c male that is responsible for all the aberrant/striped ruthveni you see in the hobby today. I also work with a group of ruthveni that were once thought to be "Smithi". They are from the Jalapan area of eastern Queretaro and were brought into the states in the mid 80s by a group from the Dallas zoo. I refer to them as Jalapan Milks and I have some f1s that are pure ruthveni and haven't been crossed with mex mex as some of them have. The third locale of ruthveni I Work with is from the most western part of there range. They are from Rancho San Francisco near Tapalpa Jalisico. This group was also brought into the country in the late 80s and they were bred and sold as "Jalisico Milks" for many many years. I have also produced some very unique interesting striped/reverse striped animals from this group. I have and always will keep my lines pure so I won't be crossing this line with the Albino line of the Amealco locale.
 


 



Davis Kings


 


 
     



Bishop Kings


 


 
     


Hypo Kings


 


 
     


Carlsbad Kings



 


 
 

I have a California propagation permit (#0280) and now I am working with a few select Locale animals. I have some very nice black and white desert phase Cal's from right here in Bishop (Inyo County). I also have some nice coastal phase (brown and yellow) animals from Carlsbad area of San Diego County. We will be breeding the weird dark phase animals from Davis CA (near Sacramento) that are from Rick Staub's line. I also have a very unique pair of w/c animals from near Sacramento that are here on loan from Jason Bryant. It is an adult pair found in an old tire and the female is hypo. They were bred in (05) and about half of the clutch was hypo so the male is in turn a het. They failed to produce for me in (06) but I have high hopes for them this year.