I love Lampropeltis. I have kept a tiny collection of them for many years now, with my oldest snakes being a 11 year old L.t.annulata and an '02 L.pyromelana. My collection, with an exception of a gifted locality zonata, locality rubber boa and a locality pyro, pretty much did not grow. I realized I never had a "real" king--getula. Well, now I do! I was lucky enough be generously gifted two locality specific 2011 L.getula californiae from thier nothern range of the Santa Cruz mountains (Santa clara county). I LOVE how black and white the coloration of the snakes are and I really dig how dark the details of the faces are as well.

Being more of a field herper then hobbyist, nothing really beats locality specific animals!

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