Kingsnake

Dedicated exclusively to field herping.

Moderator: Scott Waters

Post Reply
User avatar
ricrabt
Posts: 762
Joined: June 7th, 2010, 10:55 am
Location: Santa Clarita

Kingsnake

Post by ricrabt »

Just to say that San Diego/Riverside doesn't have all the morphs...
Image
Found north of Los Angeles...
VICtort
Posts: 691
Joined: July 2nd, 2010, 6:48 pm
Location: AZ.

Re: Kingsnake

Post by VICtort »

Amazing find, how long is it? It looks like many selectively bred captives and unlike any wild types I have seen. One can only wonder...it will be interesting to see what else turns up in your area.
Vic
User avatar
ricrabt
Posts: 762
Joined: June 7th, 2010, 10:55 am
Location: Santa Clarita

Re: Kingsnake

Post by ricrabt »

Its in it's second or third year. There are aberrant kings around but this one is the coolest Ive found so far...
User avatar
Dan Krull
Posts: 846
Joined: June 7th, 2010, 5:05 pm
Location: Kansas
Contact:

Re: Kingsnake

Post by Dan Krull »

Cool snake. Scrawny though. Buy that thing a cheesburger.

Dan
User avatar
ricrabt
Posts: 762
Joined: June 7th, 2010, 10:55 am
Location: Santa Clarita

Re: Kingsnake

Post by ricrabt »

She's had two double doubles (west coast burgers)....
User avatar
AndrewZ
Posts: 30
Joined: March 29th, 2013, 11:15 pm

Re: Kingsnake

Post by AndrewZ »

That thing is bad ass John. Coolest non-coastal morph IMO. Gonna be interesting to see what it produces if you eventually breed it.
ncphinsfan13
Posts: 18
Joined: April 25th, 2012, 11:57 am
Location: Fuquay-Varina, NC

Re: Kingsnake

Post by ncphinsfan13 »

Wow...beautiful snake!
User avatar
jdustin
Posts: 454
Joined: June 7th, 2010, 7:59 am
Location: UTAH
Contact:

Re: Kingsnake

Post by jdustin »

Now that is freakin awesome!
Congrats!

---and make sure you get those double-doubles animal style.
Image
Heck yeah
User avatar
herpseeker1978
Posts: 1139
Joined: June 7th, 2010, 8:05 am
Location: Albuquerque

Re: Kingsnake

Post by herpseeker1978 »

jdustin wrote:---and make sure you get those double-doubles animal style.
Animal style is the way to go! Try doing the fries animal style...

Josh
Aaron
Posts: 287
Joined: June 7th, 2010, 9:46 pm

Re: Kingsnake

Post by Aaron »

Very cool. Do you have pics of any other aberrant kings from that area?
I have seen about 3 wild kings with similar aberrancies, although they were not as extreme examples as yours.
User avatar
AtroxKR
Posts: 142
Joined: May 14th, 2012, 11:23 am
Location: Leander, TX
Contact:

Re: Kingsnake

Post by AtroxKR »

I don't know which looks better...that King, or that In-and-Out burger....
Zach_Lim
Posts: 1607
Joined: June 10th, 2010, 8:37 pm

Re: Kingsnake

Post by Zach_Lim »

I always get the Animal Style Chili Double Double. Cut up chilli peppers in it!

Great kingsnake.
User avatar
jdustin
Posts: 454
Joined: June 7th, 2010, 7:59 am
Location: UTAH
Contact:

Re: Kingsnake

Post by jdustin »

I always get the Animal Style Chili Double Double. Cut up chilli peppers in it!
I grew up on in-n-out and didn't know about this option. I will try it before today's sun sets.
User avatar
ricrabt
Posts: 762
Joined: June 7th, 2010, 10:55 am
Location: Santa Clarita

Re: Kingsnake

Post by ricrabt »

Aaron wrote:Very cool. Do you have pics of any other aberrant kings from that area?
I have seen about 3 wild kings with similar aberrancies, although they were not as extreme examples as yours.
Here's one from 2011. Not as nice but along the same lines...
Image
User avatar
Terry Basey
Posts: 28
Joined: June 7th, 2010, 10:44 am

Re: Kingsnake

Post by Terry Basey »

The two Cal Kings that I have found in the Santa Clarita area were pretty generic, one black and white, the other pale yellow. Have you heard of any zonatas found in that area? Wonder what they would look like considering that this is range that potentially is a junction of three subspecies.
User avatar
Ross Padilla
Posts: 2666
Joined: June 8th, 2010, 6:29 pm
Location: I love L.A.
Contact:

Re: Kingsnake

Post by Ross Padilla »

Aaron wrote:Very cool. Do you have pics of any other aberrant kings from that area?
I have seen about 3 wild kings with similar aberrancies, although they were not as extreme examples as yours.
Look under Kern Co.

http://southerncaliforniakingsnakes.wee ... rn-ca.html
Aaron
Posts: 287
Joined: June 7th, 2010, 9:46 pm

Re: Kingsnake

Post by Aaron »

Thanks Ross. 2 of the ones pictured on your site are the ones I was talking about but I didn't know they were already on your site. The other one I know of is from the same area but not pictured.
User avatar
Ross Padilla
Posts: 2666
Joined: June 8th, 2010, 6:29 pm
Location: I love L.A.
Contact:

Re: Kingsnake

Post by Ross Padilla »

Aaron wrote:Thanks Ross. 2 of the ones pictured on your site are the ones I was talking about but I didn't know they were already on your site. The other one I know of is from the same area but not pictured.
Yeah, I might have seen that one if it was posted here before or maybe on Brads website. I remember Hubbs saying he thought they were released captive breds or the result of such releases. I'm not sure what he thinks now. I thought the same way too, but now that I see they all fallow the same type of aberrant pattern, it seems more natural. If one was found with some striping, that wouldn't look right.
User avatar
-EJ
Posts: 1078
Joined: June 10th, 2010, 12:17 pm

Re: Kingsnake

Post by -EJ »

... I concur.
ricrabt wrote:Its in it's second or third year. There are aberrant kings around but this one is the coolest Ive found so far...
Post Reply