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Got this beauty off of craigs list. Short story military guy gets shipped overseas and gives it to a friend who gives it to me. All they said was a black kingsnake, but I am not 100% on that. He is 665g 52.8 inches (4.4ft) Sweet and laidback. He has a little bit of yellow flecking on the edges of his belly. Also, he is in blue.
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Jenea
Guardian Reptiles
"When your memories are bigger than your dreams, you're headed for the grave" Author unknown
That's a good sized Mexican Black King(L.g.nigrita). MBK's have a dark skin between the scales, and a somewhat duller to even brownish tint to their black.
Black Milksnake's have a whitish to a golden colored skin between the scales, are glossier black, and have 19 scale rows at mid-body. Black Milks also usually have a light colored throat as well.
best regards, ~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"
When seen side by side, the difference in color is quite obvious. Yours is a MBK because it is brown, not glossy black.
Here's a photo comparison of the body color of the two taxa (MBK on top, gaigeae on bottom) -
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
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