Thank you both for your input. I bought both dotted females (the mothers to my 2 clutches) as high whites and was told their parents were both high whites. Both females developed into a creamy coloration as they aged, but they are not really "yellow" like banannas. So do I call these two "High Creams"?



I emailed Steve Osborne yesterday with the picture I posted here and asked for his opinion. On his website he has a picture of a very white "high white" and describes it as a "Snow" with the following description, ""SNOW" CALIFORNIA KINGSNAKES - A combination of the best desert and coastal California King gene traits resulting in a spectacular new look with 95% brilliant white in the most extreme versions. The percentage of white and overall pattern (degrees of black striping and side markings) varies considerably in less refined specimens."



Steve's reply to my email was;



"The hatchling does not look Piebald..... it does look

like an extreme version snow cal king.

I have not seen a Calif. King from my 50-50 genetics

or the snow king line with the extreme level of no

black pigment as in your hatchling. The library of

color and pattern genes within Calif. Kingsnakes make

possible the outcome from the parental combination

that produced the hatchling. It looks great,

congradulations."



I will be the first to admit that, although the hatchling may be extreme no pigment, it is not extreme white, as the color of it's neck region is slightly creamy. So, should I call the hatchlings from these clutches "Snows". By the way, the rest of the clutch (8 total) hatched and 3 are banded like the Sire, and the rest have various degrees of "a little pigment". 2 of them just look like someone sprinkled some pepper on them.
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Maria



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