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Although I will be breeding my double hets (lavender & hypermelanistic) next year, and hopefully I will get that 1/16 that shows both recessive genes at the same time......

I will also be breeding these in 2 years to prodcue some more double hets that will hopefully produce some awesome purple pasions as well.....only time will tell.

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
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Specializing In California Kingsnakes

First off good luck
Man the Lavender is gorgeous,,,,,,,,,do you have any pics of what you consider a top notch Adult Lavender???
Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

Most adult (not sub-adult) Lavenders (not the hypos) turn "whiter" and lighten up. The babies are always darker/purple as hatchlings. So my Lavenders are definitely different than albinos as adults...but they aren't as pretty as when they were a baby.

I will keep posting pics of the Lavender spot/stripe as she gets older. I am hoping that the solid chocolate and the almost solid lavender will produce some nice Purple Pasions....we shall see...darn, another project..LOL

Kerby...
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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

Here is an adult male Hypo (Great Valley Serpentarium Lavender) breeding with my female Lavender.

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
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Specializing In California Kingsnakes

An adult male Lavender.

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
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Specializing In California Kingsnakes

That's interesting banding - yellow on top and fading to a cream as it hits the side.

That's the exact opposite of the wild phenotype here in Redding, CA.
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x.y L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
x.y L. getula nigrita (MBK)
x.y L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
x.y Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
0.1 Heterodon nasicus (W Hognose)
x.y.z Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

And common with most cal kings in Arizona.

And a lot of my captive bred cal kings are like that.

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

Here is a male double het (albino & lavender) that is yellow on top and white on the sides/bottom.

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

Also a double het (albino & lavender) female.

Yellow on top, white on the sides/bottom.

Maybe a "white-sided" in the future LOL

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

Another double het (albino & lavender) female with yellow on top and white on the sides.

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

Even my double hets (albino & hypermelanistics) are that way.

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

As well as some of the Albino High Whites.

Yellow/cream on top and white on the sides

Kerby...

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Lonesome Valley Reptiles
www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com
Specializing In California Kingsnakes

The first pic is a het lavender with a WC (normal) Redding father.
The second pic is a WC Redding.

I seem to have trouble capturing it on camera - the yellow is slightly more intense than in the photos (but not super intense).

My (escaped) locality female had much brighter yellow than the locality male shown - but I think if I remember, so did my males when they were young.

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x.y L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
x.y L. getula nigrita (MBK)
x.y L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
x.y Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
0.1 Heterodon nasicus (W Hognose)
x.y.z Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

Thats interesting. Every one of mine are the oposite. Lighter on top and darker yellow on the sides... Weird.