Tremendous Tricolors

2013
Potential Offspring & Price List

Mexican Milksnake
Lampropeltis triangulum annulata Mexican Milksnakes are a great addition to any colubrid collection. Docile,readily eats mice, and does not grow much bigger than 36. There are plenty of color and pattern mutations to choose from. Tremendous Tricolors is currently working with three different inheritable mutations of Mexican Milksnakes. Normal.....$50.00 Amelanistic(Albino).....$1,000.00 Spotted.....$250.00 Pin-Banded.....$100.00 Heterozygous and intermediates.....(Inquire)

Prairie Kingsnakes
Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster Prairie Kingsnakes in our personal opinion are one of the most underated species of kingsnakes available to the colubrid enthusiast. They can reach lengths of 50 but usually top out at 40-45. They are very docile and come in a few different color and pattern mutations. Normal.....$45.00 Amelanistics.....$65.00 Heterozygous Hypomelanism.....$75.00 Hypomelanistics.....(Inquire) Striped.....Price determined by the amount of striping

Louisiana Milksnake

New Mexico Milksnake

Lampropeltis triangulum celaenops New Mexico Milksnakes are smaller than Mexico Milksnakes usually never achieving a length of more than 28. Unlike the Lousiana Milksnakes this smaller subspecies readily accepts pinkie mice as their first meals. There are many locales available in the hobby and we are currently working with the only color mutation, anerythrism. Hobbs, N.M. heterozygous anerythristic.....$250.00 Christmas Mountain, Brewster County, Texas.....$100.00

Lampropeltis triangulum amaura Louisiana Milksnakes are a smaller subspecies than the Mexican Milksnake. Usually reaching no more than 24. They are a little more delicate and not reccommended for the beginner enthusiast. These hatch out very tiny and usually only accept lizards as their first meal. Liberty County, Texas Locale.....$100.00

California Kingsnakes
Lampropeltis getula california California Kingsnakes are by far the most common kingsnakes available to the colubrid collector. They are found in the south west United States and North West Mexico. These snake can easily reach lengths of 50 plus. They start off as young powerhouse feeders and quickly grow into adults by their second to third year. With many color and pattern mutations available and combinations of them all it is hard to pick a favorite. There are hobbyists now working with locale specific animals. Tremendous Tricolors is working with the well known 50/50 desert phase. These snakes are typically black and white banded or aberrant. The amount of white and black are usually equal or having more white. 50/50 Desert Phase.....$$50.00

Ruthvens Kingsnake
Lampropeltis ruthveni Ruthvens Kingsnakes are also known as Queretaro Mountain Kingsnake,.Tremendous Tricolors is working with two locales, Amealco, Queretaro, Mexico and Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico. Only the Amealco locale has shown the amelanistic mutations but both locales have shown an aberrant/stripe mutation. Amealco Normal....$50.00 Amel.....$75.00 Aberrant.....(Inquire) Tapalpa Normal......$125.00 Aberrant.....(Inquire)

Tarahumara Mountain Kingsnake

Lampropeltis knoblochi Tarahumara Mountain Kingsnakes also known as Chihuahua Mountain Kingsnakes are some of the easiest mountain kingsnakes to keep. It is surprising that they are not more popular. This species takes up the largest part of our collection with multiple locales,lines, and color and pattern mutations.

Our Husbandry
Neonates - Subadults We keep our neonates and subadults in typical kingsnake fashion. We house them in a rack system and provide a temperature gradient of 84F on the warm end and 72-76 on the cool end. Neonates are housed in shoe boxes and dont move to a larger tub until the age of 1 1/2 to 2 years of age. We also provide a moist hide filled with damp sphagnum moss or moist cocopeat. The young hatchlings seem to utilize this more than the subadults and adults. Fresh water is essential at all times. We keep them on aspen bedding which is spot cleaned on a regular basis and changed monthly. Adults Our adults are kept in similar fashion as the younger ones but on a larger scale. We keep them in larger tubs that measure 28 long, 16 wide, and 6tall. We also provide them with a moiust hide that is filled 2/3 of the way with cocopeat and the top third being moist New Zealand Long Strand sphagnum moss. As the moss dries out we spray to soak with a spray bottle. Females and males are housed separately through out most of the year. In early October we stop feeding our adults but keep the temperatures the same. After two weeks we turn off all heat and keep them at 72-76 for another two weeks. We do this to make sure there is no food left in their gut prior to going into brumation. At the beginning of November we cool our adults to 50-55 F until February. When spring comes we bring the adults out and keep them at 65-72 for a week before turning heat back on and resuming feeding. We have seen no issues with not cooling neonates as they will usually eat all winter if kept at their summer time temperatures.

Hobby History of the Tarahumara Mountain Kingsnake

The first Tarahumara Mountain Kingsnakes were brought into the United States back in 1988. Dave Barker of VPI collected specimens up stream from Cascada de Basasiachic. After Dave brought them back Steve Osborne of Professional Breeders and Buzz Ross both brought some into the country. Steves animals came from Mojarachic in the Maguarichi Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico while Buzz Ross originated from the Copper Canyon area. The last line to make it into the hobby is from the San Juanito area and was first reproduced in 2008.

Dave Barker Line We are working with F5 offspring from this line. Our research shows that this line has also produced aberrant and Clown Face offspring. Normals.....$75.00

Steve Osborne Line This line seems to show a lighter red to almost orange blotching. The white background also does not seem to turn to a dirty white as they age. Normals......$75.00

Buzz Ross Buzz Ross line animals are typical looking, but will produce a very speckled lateral side pattern. Coloration can be from a deep red to an orange red coloration. Normals.......$75.00

San Juanito Line This line has proven to have a genetic trait that greatly reduces the black. The very first hypomelanistic from this line was produced by Shannon Brown in 2008 Normals(pos. heterozygous hypomelanism)....$150.00 Heterozygous for Hypomelanism.....$500.00 Hypomelanistics.....$1,500.00

Generic Hypomelanistics In 2008 a breeder in California produced a hypomelanistic that was unrelated to the SanJuanito line. There is no lineage with this line. We were able to acquire the parents and also the hypomelanistic in 2012. This will be the first yea offering this line. Normals(pos. heterozygous hypomelanism).....$150.00 Hypomelanistics.....$1,250.00 Hets.....$400.00

Aberrant/Clown Face/and High speckled side These are all generics and have been a combination of Dave Barker,Steve Osborne, and Buzz Ross Lines. We will be offering these at variable prices depending on pattern, amount of red on the top of their heads and also how much speckling on the sides. $50.00-$150.00

Honduran Milksnake
Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis Honduran Milksnakes are possibly the most common of all milksnake species. Their pattren and color mutations along with their larger size (up to 7 foot) make them a great choice to the amature colubrid enthusiat. We are currently only working with a few different mutations. Tricolor Hypomelanistics.....$50.00 Tangerine Hypomelanistics.....$40.00

Tricolor Hypomelanistic Pin-banded......$60.00 Tangerine Hypomelanistic Pin-banded.....$50.00

San Luis Potosi Kingsnakes

Lampropeltis mexicana mexicana San Luis Potosi Kingsnakes are a small size Mexican Kingsnake that is highly variable in coloration and pattern. There are two color phases, black line and normal. There are also two pattern mutations available, normal banded and granite. The granite mutations changes the typical blotches to a fully speckled snake, with red and black speckles. Normal.....$60.00 Black Line.....$75.00 Granite.....(inquire)

Yucatan Milksnake
Lampropeltis triangulum gaigeae Lampropeltis triangulum blanchardi Yucatan Milksnakes are fairly new to the hobby and ours are offspring from a Quintana Roo male and a female from the Moscow Zoo. These are not pure L.t.blanchardi due to the unknown lineage of the female. Still the best examples of Blanchards Milksnakes available in the Hobby Normal.....$275.00 Patternless.....$325.00

Black Milksnake
Black Milksnakes are another great choice for the amature colubrid enthusiast. Their large size,ease of care, and the ability to thrive in cooler conditions make them very popular. They start of as your typical tricolor milksnakes but change into large solid black adults resembling Indigos. There are a few lines available to the hobby, we are currently working with one that originated from the San Antonio Zoo. Normal.....$75.00

Durango Mountain Kingsnakes

Lampropeltis mexicana greeri Durango Mountain Kingsnakes are a small mountain kingsnake found in Mexico. The neonates are typically lizard feeders but quickly are changed over to mice with no problems. There is no pattern mutations but there are a few different color mutations available. There is a hypomelanistic and also a super hypomelanistic phase. The hypomelanistic reduces the black pigment but still leaves some black pigments dorsally. The super hypomelanistic phase reduces the black pigments so drastically that the offspring almost look amelanistic (albino). Normal......$75.00 Hypomelanistic.....$150.00 Super Hypomelanistic.....$350.00

Variable Kingsnake
Lampropeltis Leonis Variable Kingsnakes, also known as Thayeri Kingsnakes are the most variable kingsnakes available to the hobby. They have three natural occuring mutations. Milksnake Phase, Leonis, and Melanistic. All three natural occuring phases can come out of the same clutch with the melanistic phase being the most sought after. The background coloration can be from yellow to orange to earthtone browns and greys. The bands or triands are typically some shade of red outlined by black. Milksnake Phase.....$75.00 Leonis Phase.....$75.00 Melanistic Phase....$150.00

Nelsons and Sinaloan Milksnake

Lampropeltis triangulum nelsoni, Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae Nelsons and Sinaloan Milksnakes are two different subspecies but due to a reduced availability of Nelsons Milksnakes in the early 90s when the first amelanistic Nelsons Milksnake was produced they have been bred to each other. They are both closely related and at one time were classified as the same subspecies.

Mutation Origins
Nelsons Milksnakes There are two known mutations that originated from this subspecies and both affect the coloration of the black pigment. The first was amelanism, which causes the lack of melanin. This changes all normal black pigment to white on neonates. Some adults will change from this white to a vibrant yellow. The second mutation changes the black pigment to chocolate coloration. This is called tyrosinase positive or T+. These hatch out a purplish color and change to the chocolate color as the snake ages. These were first produced in the early 2000s. Sinaloan Milksnakes There are three mutations associated with this subspecies, Patternless, Splotched, and Hypoerythristic. The first two affect the pattern of the snake while hypoerythrism affects the red pigments. Hypoerythrism changes the redpigments to an orange coloration. It also lightens as the snake ages and can turn almost a pink coloration. The patternless mutation was found in the 1980s and was line bred to produce a totally red snake with a black head. These are highly variable and can be solid red with no pattern to showing signs of the black and white triads laterally. The splotched gene was found in a line of animals in the 1990s and has been bred to produce fully striped snakes. This is a very highly variable pattern mutation that can produce spotted, elongated spots and also striped snakes.

Taxonomy Differences of Nelsons & Sinaloan Milksnakes

There are few differences that are noticeable even for the amature colubrid enthusiasts. First, is the red band count. In Nelsons Milksnake they range from 13-18 red rings and in Sinaloan Milksnakes they range from 10-16. As you can see, counting just the bands will not identify the difference between them as the band count over laps. Next, look at the underside of the throat and the first black band. In Nelsons it is usually straight across where as in Sinaloans it is in a V formation. The last noticeable factor is the amount of black pigment dorsally. Nelsons black rings typically encroach into the red rings more than 2.5 scales, where as Sinaloans are usually no more than 2.5 scales wide.

Patternless Sinaloan We have many adults and should produce a large selection of patternless and semi-patternless animals this year. These are from Robert Seibs line. Patternless.....$40.00 - $200.00

Hypoerythristic Sinaloan Unfortunately at this time our Hypoerythristic Sinaloan Milksnake breeders were not big enough to breed. We will be looking forward to this line in 2014.

Splotched Sinaloan Unfortunately at this time our splotched Sinaloan Milksnake breeders were not big enough to breed. We will be looking forward to this line in 2014.

Amelanistic Nelsons We will be offer amelanistics and amelanistics that have other mutations and also can be heterozygous for others. Amelanistics.....$30.00 Splotched Amelanistic.....$75.00 Amelanistics Heterozygous Hypoerythrisic.....$150.00 Amelanistics Het HypoErythristic & Splotched....$150.00

Tyrosinase Positive Nelsons We will hopefully producing a wide array of T+ snakes this year. T+.....$200.00 T+ Patternless Heterozygous Hypoerythristic.....$600.00 T+ Heterozygous Hypoerythristic......$400.00 T+ Heterozygous Splotched.....$400.00

Heterozygous and Possible Heterozygous We will be offering various heterozygous, possible heterozygous and combinations there of when eggs start to hatch in late summer. Due to the multitude of combinations and genetics sometimes it is hard to distinguish before hand what will be available.. $30.00-$300.00

Pueblan Milksnake
Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli Pueblan Milksnakes were one of the first milksnakes to be bred in large scale and were very popular. Apricot phase have been line bred to produce some tremendous orange triads. There is also hypomelanistics that reduce the black coloration to a silvery grey color. Some of the most well known phase are Oreo and Halloween. These two phase decrease the red coloration to show a black and white or a black and orange ringed snake. Normal.....$30.00 Apricot.....$35.00 Hypomelanistics.....$50.00

Hypo-Oreo.....$75.00

Hypo-Halloween.....$75.00

Grey Banded Kingsnake

Lampropeltis alterna Grey Banded Kingsnakes are a very popular snake and have a solid grey background with red or orange bands outlined in black. There are two naturally occurring pattern phases, Blairs and Alterna. There are also a couple of colormutations and one known pattern mutation. We are currently working with the Coffey Line aberrant, which is the pattern mutation that is highly variable. We are also producing non locale animals. Normal Blairs & Alterna Phase.....$75.00 Coffey Line Aberrant.....$250.00

Locality Sinaloan Milksnake

Lamprophis aurora Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae These sinaloan milksnakes originated from parents that were caught just outside of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico in the late 1970s. This line has fortunately stayed pure and was not bred into Nelsons Milksnake in the 1990 amelanistic craze. Mazatlan Locality.....$100.00

Aurora House Snakes

Aurora House snakes are found in Africa and are one of only two species that we work with that are not in the genus, Lampropeltis. These snakes are medium sized docile snakes that are a vibrant green with a yellow/orange stripe running dorsally. The neonates typically are lizard feeders but quickly become ravenous feeders on pinkie mice in a short time. Normal.....$250.00

Arizona Mountain Kingsnakes

Lampropeltis pyromelana Arizona Mountain Kingsnkes are another wonderful tricolor mountain kingsnake found in southwest United States. These snakes are highly variable in the amount of black , red and white each individual shows. We were able to acquire a partially spotted female back in 2009 . We will be line breeding for the next few generations to see if this pattern aberrancy is genetic. There will be very few available for the next few years as we will be holding back the majority of the offspring.

Tricolor Hognose
Lystrophis Pulcher Tricolor hognoses make wonderful captives. This smaller snake species from South America is not as popular as the Western Hognose but shows some of the better characteristics. These babies hatch out very small but accept new born pinkies fairly readily. Once eating mice they quickly become eating machines. They do need to be kept warmer in the winter months than your typical Milksnake or Kingsnake. (60-65F) We will be offering these again this year after selling our collection a few years ago. Normal.....$150.00

Project Offspring.....(Inquire)

Tremendous Tricolors PO Box 2654 Valrico Florida, 33595 Tel:(813) 610-0729 Email: [email protected] www.tremendoustricolors.com