The term is "generic" Cal kings. Could come from anywhere in the SW but still all california spp.

Problem i see is we trust a name grouped together by nomentclature when Cal kings that are seperated by mountains and lifezones in calif all are very different from each other.They look completly different. It is not like that with eastern getula or floridana with the exception of small isolated pops like edito island ect. California is not like the flatlands in Florida. Calif offers such diverse lifezones and these animals might as well be isolated pops on an island. Florida kings look the same... Cal kings from different parts of cali might as well be different completly diffeent subspecies of kingsnakes.



I think that is where herpetoculturists got the confused because of the wild abberant ones in Orange and SD counties.

At least with hybrids we have two diffrent spp. Like a milksnake and a ratsnake. But with generic cal kings it is a hodgepog. Nothing wrong with keeping them,..it is fun to keep them but not to be confused with keeping some from a locale since they do look SO different and it is a cool aspect of the hobby as well..

i just don't beleive that nomenclature has it right with the kings in Calif. So we lump them all as californaie. That makes it easy i guess.
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"2. How many eggs could a 20 inch king even make, if even possible? Remember, they have lungs, a stomach, etc,

Billy (DISCERN)

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