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A friend of mine found this king on a canal in western Dade County. This particular canal was supposed to have nice looking kings with very deep yellow coloration. His reaction to seeing this was "you've got to be kidding me..."
He had no hesitation giving me this snake... he probably would have been content with throwing it into the canal.
This snake is so dark and colorless it almost looks axanthic.
Did someone lose their holbrooki?? Lol, but it's not all THAT bad. A day out in the field at the very least -- beter than a good day at work I always say.
Jerry Kruse 
Yeah,...it's pretty funny sometimes in regards to people's expectation of what they "should" find in the "enchanted land" of brooksi.
In my experience living in southern Florida since I was a small kid, it's just as "Upscale" has said before,....just because the high yellow, or very pale animals do as a general rule "come" from that area, it CERTAINLY doesn't mean that most of the floridana indigenous to that general area look ultra spectacular, and you'll snag one or more of these "gems" on every herp outing.
As a matter of fact, the really killer ones are simply sprinkled around here and there amongst the more "average Joe" floridana, just like many snakes within lots of other types of clutches we breeders produce.
In any case, I guess if high yellow brooksi were under every piece of debris along those canals, they certainly wouldn't be as coveted, or revered as they are today in the hobby,...that's for certain!.. 
BTW,..I'd own that animal any day of the week!,..nice photography too!, ~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"
man...I can't see any of your pix.
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!
I also haven't been able to see any of the pics you've posted. I only get a small box with an x in it.
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Kevin
www.harrellandsonsherps.com
ahh..I kinda like that one. Wish i could have it.
Love all these locale brooks posts. Keep em coming PLEEEEEZE!
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"I have high friends in places."-H.Sherman in some bar
>>This snake is so dark and colorless it almost looks axanthic.
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What? Axanthics are one of the most colorful morphs there is....at least in my opinion. I will agree that animal is pretty drab.
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www.brandonosbornereptiles.com
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