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I am looking at buying some florida kings. One of them is this yellow colored wild caught one. Looks brooksi and the seller said it looks brooksi but was picked up too far north of there range. Any ideas here are a couple pics.

They both look like Lake Okeechobee canefield kings to me. Even the lighter one wouldn't/shouldn't be called a brooksi. It's lighter colored than the other, but in comparison the what is traditionally called a brooks, it is still pretty dark.

Those are BOTH "floridana", not "brooksi". I don't know where they were captured, but I caught one that is identicle to the darker one in Ft.Lauderdale,Florida.....You can't get a whole lot further south than that!LOL.......anyway, All floridana, as well as many other snakes for that matter, can vary greatly within individuals, as well as local populations...........Doug
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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

I hope those two were only put together for the quick photo session, otherwise there could be a MAJOR PROBLEM!!!
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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

Thanks guys. The darker one I am not sure where it came from but the lighter yellow one he said came from north of the brooks range. Just checking on it. Thanks. So it wouldn't be a problem to breed the two.

Heck yeah, breed away!! those two would make as great a pair as any........many "floridana" in the wild have different looks, even if you caught several in the same general area......in Dade and Monroe Counties, they tend to really lighten up with the "pure brooksi" look as you get towards the "Everglades". That's not to say they aren't a little further north also, just less abundant there......................................Doug
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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

I forgot to mention, "brooksi" is really just a very light colored "floridana", they are almost synonymous with one another. It's just well further south, and tends to have it's own distinct look that is worthy of having it's own taxonomic name.......Just like a "Rosey Ratsnake" is a cornsnake from an isolated population way down in the Florida Keys. They too looked different enough from the rest of the cornsnakes in the country to warrant their own name.."rosacea"................Doug
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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

I thought you were looking for a blood python??

couldn't find one I liked. Right now I am still looking but I like other things also.

Like foxturtle said, they look like canefield kings to me.. Heck they could've been found under the same board. It would not surprise me at all since nearly every wc FL king is from that area. The differences in shade can be quite large even in the same general area...

:Mark
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