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I have seen a few pit x pantherophis or elaphe but i was wondering if someone can help me out. I once saw a pic of a kingsnake and gopher snake cross that supposedly happened naturally but CANNOT find it anywhere... anybody have any picsor hear of this cross being successful?

The pic you are referring to was found in northern calif. It was a "natural" hybrid. It is not that unusual. This happens frequently on the west and east coasts.

ok... do you know where that picture is?

use the link in my sig to the hba, should be under natural hybrids
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jake

my addiction:
0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
0.1 amelenistic corn snake (maizy)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
1.0 albino cal king (zues)
0.0.1 wc garter (zim)
hybrid breeders association
hybrid haven

"This happens frequently on the west and east coasts."

I've always heard that the west and east coasts have always been more liberal than the "heartland". I guess this truism even applies to herps. LOL

Rainer -I tried to re-post the photos of this snake that you posted back on 7/7/06 (giving credit of course), but the links are broken.

Photo credit of J.P.

Thanks for posting the pics again.

That is one awesome animal.

Wonder how long it took for someone to ID it?

One look is all it took. Brian Hubbs who is the author of the big Mounatin kingsnake book and has another exhaustive book on all kingsnakes coming out was there when the snake was found. The pic has been on the field collecting forums (not KS forums) for a while and nobody doubts its validity.

Hope it didn't sound like I was doubting the validity. I certainly wasn't. I just know that I would have been scratching my head if I had caught it. I wouldn't have had the first clue (well, now I would).