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i know this is easy for all of you , but I cant seem to just pull this info out of a book b/c it is so general , I guess :

please name all of the milks and kings of the bright color variety which KEEP THEIR BRIGHT COLORS WELL INTO ADULTHOOD , you neednt mention the Scarlet King or pyromelana since I had those once and had a hella tuff time getting them to feed w/regularity.

Basically want to add some gorgeous,
hardy, red and black etc colored snakes
and since I am a teacher, handleable and tame would be a plus.

Thanks in advance.
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Euprepiophis mandarina
Elaphe guttata
Lampropeltis getulus nigritis

Check out this site. It may help you. Derek

http://www.pitt.edu/~mcs2/herp/Lampropeltis.html

"Basically want to add some gorgeous,
hardy, red and black etc colored snakes
and since I am a teacher, handleable and tame would be a plus."

For your purposes~ A SINALOAN MILKSNAKE- ALL THE WAY.

thanks bluerosey and kingsnaken. Both a big help.
I will glady pick up a couple Sinaloans soon. I did the research and like the fact that they can have red bands with no black tipping AND they are docile , easy captives. PERFECT !
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Euprepiophis mandarina
Elaphe guttata
Lampropeltis getulus nigritis

While not a "BAM" colorful snake, the New England phase axanthic brooksi is a very beautiful and tame snake. Get this its blue. Other than that, yeah sinaloans are really nice, and the adult mexican milksnake(celnops) pics from Envy had no black tipping and were very beautiful red, white, and black snake.