Alicia,
I'm loving the mud snake. I have been hunting one of those for about 5 years now. I want to ad a pic of one to my collection of wild herps. I saw one about 2 years ago in my pond, and almost dove in. But, as soon as I determined I was ready to swim, I couldn't tell which direction he had gone.

As for the calender idea, I definitely think one of the BP.net photo contests could be used to create some calenders. I'd buy one too.