That's right Brandon. That would logically be the first thing the original breeder would do to make any later generation offspring seem more authentic to the hobby mainstream. I also very much trust your experienced eye and opinion on what you first noticed visually about these with them having wider cross-bar spacing as the other previously posted Cal. king x WS Black Rat cross displays, along with the odd more ratsnake-shaped head phenotype you noticed about them. I am sure these looked very similar as you pointed out to the Cal. king x WS Black Rat hybrid, only a bit lighter and perhaps just a bit more basal speckled, as many Florida king hatchlings don't display much in the way of inter-band speckling as hatchlings until they start maturing.



I have never been all that interested in many of the floridana morphs in years past, or I would surely have noticed these very same things you did in those more original crosses years ago too.



Glad to hear your input on those Brandon!







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