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I'd like to add a "green" Florida King to my collection, but I don't know what I should be looking for in the hatchlings that would indicate that the adult would have the greenish hue I'm looking for. Any suggestions?

Thanks!!!
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Ace

Look for the moldy eggs
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11.14 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
2.3 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
1.1 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
0.1 Heterodon nasicus nasicus (W Hognose)
4.2.14 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

>>Look for the moldy eggs

You mean it's THAT easy??!!!

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Ace

I would say look for a good breeder...............my green brooksi (thanks rainer) didnt look green as a baby, no dif than any other i have seen but when it started to fade ............now she is one of my favs

if you get a male thats green and het for hypo we can maybe do a breeeder loan as im dreaming of a green hypo........

OK..... Rainer, how do you pick out your "green" Floridas?

As for a breeding loan, where you from?
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Ace

The greens ones are from a line I picked up years ago. All my others don't turn green.
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"Yeah ya told me, and ya wrote it down too. But how the hell am I supposed to remember!"

I picked up my wife with a line years ago...
sorry, I couldn't resist.

The "King" of sarcasm!!!LOL!!

later!, ~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

np

NICE!!! good job,some normals are gorgeous some are not thats a keeper .I Awwwwwed at the first pic

I emailed you these pics but since I did not hear back I thought I would just post them here:

Not the greatest lighting for the "green" but they do lighten as they get older.

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"Yeah ya told me, and ya wrote it down too. But how the hell am I supposed to remember!"

Those are kind of neat looking, I like the lower bandcount. They look like they've got some L.g.getula in the mix. Even the head pattern looks more like an eastern.