Pine Snake Love

I have a couple of new additions to the pine snake collection that I haven’t shared yet.

The first is another P. ruthveni (LA Pine). She is a female from Ginter/Magers x Vernon Parish lineage produced by Michael Coone. She is a really cool orange color and lighter markings when compared to my other LA pines. She’s a little spicy and packs a wallop for such a small snake when she connects. :joy:



The next two are P. m. mugitis (FL Pines) from Brian Sharp. They are from Polk/Duval Co x Calhoun Co. they obviously aren’t pure locality but I think it’s worth mentioning since they have such interesting phenotypes.

The first is the male. He has a super light pattern with a lot of red highlights. He is 66% het leucistic. I think he will end up with a very washed out pattern like Dad (pictured below).



This is a female leucisitic FL Pine from the same pairing as the male above. She’s drop dead gorgeous. Loaded with color for a lucy pine. Lucy FL Pines are interesting because they come in a variety of colors, especially for snake that is supposed to be white. They come in yellow, pink, orange, red, and white. I think this lady will mature into a orange or red adult.




I have been looking for FL pines from this line since Michael Coone showed me a picture of mom two years ago. He was her original owner and sold her to Brian. When she finally had offspring available, I had to have them. Here are mom and dad.

Mom - Polk/Duval Co lineage

Dad - Calhoun Co lineage

I think the male is going to end up looking a lot like Dad.

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Amazing animals. That leucy is gorgeous.

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Thanks Dean! She really is something else. The metallic sheen she has is so cool. She’s like a living piece of jewelry.

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I love the snow pine! Awesome snake.

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Those are some sweet looking pines! Im not sure of the lineage of my two ruthveni. I might need to find out. I never really put much thought into it

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