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Last one for the day, I promise...

I love all Getula, but California kings are the "it" snake for me after growing up in So Cal...finding one as a kid was just electric .

Here's some shots of a few that I have:

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/scott

Nice striper. Are any of those deserts locale specific? The desert stripers were originally called 'scissors crossing' kings , since that was the only area that striped and abberant desert cal kings came from. But now a lot of cal kings have been bred together and you get a mess of locales refined and mixed to create a nice whiter white and blacker black. .

I like that B&W banded as well. Any locale data on it?
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www.Bluerosy.com

>Nice striper. Are any of those deserts locale specific?

Unfortunately I don't have any locale data on the striped king. I got that snake from a local herp shop (LLL Reptile) a few years back when I was just starting to build up my collection.

It does look like a desert phase from what I understand (not saying much). I've seen a few coastal almost-stripers from around north county SD and they all are brown/yellow.

In any case, I do agree that it's a beauty.

>I like that B&W banded as well. Any locale data on it?

That's a conjuncta from Shannon...I also have a female from Shannon too. Beyond that not sure about the specifics.
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/scott

That's a conjuncta from Shannon...I also have a female from Shannon too.

That does not look like a conjuncta phase (mid Baja).
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www.Bluerosy.com

Looks like a conjuncta to me....yeahhhhh, have these too......

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Jerry Kruse

And God said, "Let there be zonata subspecies for all to ponder..."

Well I'll be damned Jerry. Been hiding that beauty?

>That does not look like a conjuncta phase (mid Baja).

I guess I should have qualified that with "I believe it's a conjuncta".

From everything I've seen (again, I'm still very much a rookie at all this) it looks like one (e.g. Bob Applegate's book has a shot of one that looks spot on to this one).

I know there's also the nitida phase but there's no confusing the two when seen side by side.

Either way, it's a fine looking king .
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/scott

...that striper is "it"!!!
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Diego

SWCHR

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Jerry Kruse

And God said, "Let there be zonata subspecies for all to ponder..."

Those are awesome. I like the banded a little bit more for some reason.
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Oh my!! Those are VERY nice. I love the top stadards. Very white bands. Simply stunning.

I LOVE that first one! Very nice, all of them. The striper is beyond perfect.

Sweet looking Californae!!

Love the toungue flicking pics!

Beautiful snakes your high white looks like my female she just layed her first clutch of 7 eggs.

super cali-fragilistic! Wow Buddy, put me on the list if her boyfriend is similar, pic?
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Todd Hughes

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1 BP
4 Cal Kings 3 alb 1 het
3 Alb Corn
1 Rev Alb Nelsons

The white on that B&W is so clean! Yeah, Scott, Cals are the "it" snake for me too, and finding one even as a 40 y.o. man is still electric! I've said it before on this forum and I'll say it again; "No snake keepers collection should be without @ least 1 Cal King." You've got an absolutely awesome collection.

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