Well, a while back, there was a guy that emailed me after seeing the snake posted here, and showed me photos of a king that he captured personally some time ago less than a half a mile from the Mexican border in Nogales. This is exactly where mine was alleged to have originated too. His kingsnake looked virtually IDENTICAL to mine, only his was just a tad darker in it's white net-like pattern. It also had the exact same ventrolateral black triangles mine has on his sides, as well as the exact same throat, chin, and venter pattern.



This makes me extremely convinced that my friend did indeed give me the straight scoop on it's origin. When I emailed this guy who contacted me with photos of my snake, he was just as surprised as I was to see their absolutely striking similarities. I have looked at TONS of splendida, and splendida intergrade pics of different combinations from many sources, and some of the ones found in this Nogales area seem to be the only ones that display the phenotype mine does. So I am a very happy camper, and will bide my time and acquire this unique snake a well-matched mate from this area if I cannot locate any of the same relatives of the one I have. This could take quite a while, but until then, I will simply enjoy owning him.



I have to say, I feel rather good about what I have found out thus far regarding this, and I am real glad I stumbled on this unique little gem of a kingsnake.



BTW, he just shed and ate earlier today, so he is as freshly "detailed" as it gets



~Doug






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