ANF let me in on it's secret.

[Josh Young]

Last night just after sunset after just over a year and a half of searching, ANF threw me a bone and gave up my #1 target for the area.

Mole kingsnake from Apalachicola National Forest. by Josh Young, on Flickr

Mole kingsnake from Apalachicola National Forest. by Josh Young, on Flickr

Mole kingsnake from Apalachicola National Forest. by Josh Young, on Flickr

Year = made. Elation would be an understatement.

[Soopaman]

We tried for one of these, in that general area, in March. Got a pine instead. Didn't realize the moles were so difficult there!

Great find, it's a gorgeous animal. I'm a wee bit jealous, being a calligaster nut.

[Saunders]

Great find man, maybe I can have the same luck next time I'm down there.

[justinm]

I'm kind of shocked you didn't throw it on the road and run it over. Isn't that what you do with most of the other snakes you find?

[MCHerper]

I'm kind of shocked you didn't throw it on the road and run it over. Isn't that what you do with most of the other snakes you find?

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[justinm]

I'm kind of shocked you didn't throw it on the road and run it over. Isn't that what you do with most of the other snakes you find?

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It's an inside joke. He finds a lot of roadkill. I accuse him of running them all over.

[Tim Borski]

Josh only runs over Corn snakes. Him and them have a past as checkered as the animals' bellies.

Tim

Btw, Nice find!

[Brian Hubbs]

Wow, that's a purty Corn Snake...I've never seen one that's quite that red everywhere. Course, I'm a kingsnake guy, so I don't know much about all them Corn morphs... Now, if it was a king of some kind I could name it real quick...I'm like a "mole" that way, I dig up info...

[justinm]

Are these rare or Hubbscommon? Can anyone expound on the issue?

[Jeff]

Eight known from Louisiana, last one in 1990.