I think I know the photo you saw, and it’s a yellow-tail cribo.
They are actually black, grey, or brownish and yellow. Some photos capture iridescence and makes the black appear blue.

These are the largest and as a general rule the most aggressive of the indigo snakes and cribos.

I would recommend any members of this group for a beginner, and this would be the worst choice of the group for a beginner. An 8’ eating machine that wants to take your face off may not be the best bet for a beginner!

If you are truly a beginning snake keeper, a few good choices for first snakes are: corn snakes, many of the common kingsnakes subspecies, (especially California kings), and rosy boas.

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• Yellow & Blue Indigo??? - Dan6971, Tue Feb 22 15:41:14 2005
• RE: Yellow & Blue Indigo??? - DeanAlessandrini, Wed Feb 23 10:42:15 2005
• VERY IMPORTANT CORRECTION - DeanAlessandrini, Wed Feb 23 10:44:04 2005
• RE: I second that! - epidemic, Wed Feb 23 16:09:16 2005
• RE: I second that! - dan felice, Wed Feb 23 17:02:45 2005
• aw dan... - DeanAlessandrini, Wed Feb 23 18:05:13 2005
• RE: awe dean... - dan felice, Thu Feb 24 05:06:08 2005
• I'm sure he's ok... - DeanAlessandrini, Thu Feb 24 06:10:59 2005
• RE: I'm sure he's ok... - epidemic, Thu Feb 24 08:17:06 2005
• RE: I second that! - epidemic, Thu Feb 24 08:13:11 2005
• RE: Yellow & Blue Indigo??? - paulbuck, Wed Feb 23 20:54:07 2005
• RE: Yellow & Blue Indigo??? - dan felice, Thu Feb 24 05:48:18 2005
• RE: Yellow & Blue Indigo??? - epidemic, Thu Feb 24 08:33:47 2005
• Oh My God!! Don B are you still.. - dryguy, Fri Feb 25 08:05:20 2005
• RE: Oh My God!! Don B are you still.. - Dan6971, Fri Feb 25 08:56:15 2005
• RE: No worries, Dr. G.. - epidemic, Fri Feb 25 09:03:08 2005