What you are loking for is a white banded dester phase kingsnake. The one you have probably has a mix of locales and most likely from some caoastal cal king as well.



i would hit up breeders like SHannon Brown who have kept pure locales from loaclity specific desert aras and get up a pair or 1.2 and get rid of that snake since you are prticular about it being pure desert white banded cal king.



Or just get another based on looks. Whatever is tickles your fancy. A postr here by the name of kerby can probably offer you a plethora of nice clean B&W bandeds if you just want one for looks.



I can tell you this it is hard o get a real REAl DEAL black and white banded from locality specific W/C adults withot mixing. You will search a high and low for a B&W desert that is locality pure that does not have some yellow or cream run down te sides or some brownish in the black (you won't find out until they are grown either). But those grown ones that don't are bred to others from another locality with hopes of breeding out the creame and yellower bellies and enhancing the black at the same time ...which is a hard thing to do because the more black the bands , the more yellow the sides e.



But that is the fun things about this hobby. You can keep untural intergrades, hybrids or locality specimens and each have something of enjoyment to offer.
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