Well, the pics aren't exactly top quality, so it is sort of tough to know if the photos depict the animal's actual colors and shades or not. But going by what I see there, the first pic looks to be a ........

1) hypomelanistic corn(reduced melanin)

2) It does look to be a "Palomar ghost" Cal. king. This morph originated from the Palomar airport region of Carlsbad California. Kerby Ross(of Lonesome Valley Reptiles), and Brian Barczyk(BHB)both produce these morphs and offer them for sale. I really wouldn't refer to that as a "mountain" king, just simply a "Palomar ghost" to lessen any confusion with other species of Lampropeltis(pyro's, zonata, greeri, thayeri, etc..).

3) normal motley corn

4) either a light anerythristic motley, or typical ghost motley(anery x hypo)(hard to tell exactly from those photos exactly what shade it actually is. They both typically develop more yellow as they mature.


regards, ~Doug
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