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monitorlizard
03-25-13, 06:33 PM
kingsnake.com Classifieds: AXANTHIC SAVANNAHS (http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=53&de=982598)
From the same guy selling the Togo Savannahs...
smy_749
03-25-13, 06:53 PM
kingsnake.com Classifieds: AXANTHIC SAVANNAHS (http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=53&de=982598)
From the same guy selling the Togo Savannahs...

You know, I would actually buy that (not for anywhere near that price). But honestly, it seems he may have something there. That is a very noticeable difference. They look pretty dam cool and 'clean' pattern.
smy_749
03-25-13, 06:55 PM
Another pic of them

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/c67.0.403.403/p403x403/31467_454943484575121_382827020_n.jpg
nepoez
03-26-13, 07:58 AM
They are Caucasian versions of the savs.
smy_749
03-26-13, 08:19 AM
They are Caucasian versions of the savs.

Id rather see a jet black one like the night niles at snakebytes whatever the comp is called. or a snow sav. I hate albinos and lucys , they look weak and sickly to me (the color pattern not body )
nepoez
03-26-13, 08:32 AM
Id rather see a jet black one like the night niles at snakebytes whatever the comp is called. or a snow sav. I hate albinos and lucys , they look weak and sickly to me (the color pattern not body )
Please don't be racist! :unibrow: jk
stephanbakir
03-26-13, 08:35 AM
The problem with this is its hard to recreate them, if you buy a sav you should assume that it will never breed. They can breed, its just really rare.
infernalis
03-26-13, 09:50 AM
In the past babies like these have darkened up to rather normal looking as they mature.

Seems like almost every year, some "special" variation of the normal pattern appears, a year later they look like every other normal Savannah monitor.
smy_749
03-26-13, 10:42 AM
Anyways these morphs are just expensive pets for now (if even a morph), when breeding is mastered, and I don't know that it will ever be mastered due to the price and availablity of wild caughts, we can pay 750$ for a morph. I don't see a future market for captive bred savannahs, just people who love them wanting to breed them for the sake of science/better understanding (surely infernalis's motivation is not to saturate the market more). If someone does have success in breeding, I would support it only because it means not supporting the wild caught imports, but I suggest charging alot and notn breeding on a large scale.
infernalis
03-26-13, 11:10 AM
You are right, I have no intentions of asking for much more than say $50 per baby (when and if it ever happens) not exactly going to pay for itself.
smy_749
03-26-13, 11:22 AM
You are right, I have no intentions of asking for much more than say $50 per baby (when and if it ever happens) not exactly going to pay for itself.


I don't have any plans for savs atm, but if I do, and you happen to produce them at the time, you can put me on the list for one (your in NY, I can pick him up :-P )
nepoez
03-26-13, 03:29 PM
You are right, I have no intentions of asking for much more than say $50 per baby (when and if it ever happens) not exactly going to pay for itself.

If/When you do succeed I would love that you write a book and I would be the first to buy it! The book I got from Daniel Bennette is great but it still left a lot more gaps from a breeder/owner point of view.