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I have a 5 foot male banana cali king and a normal (brown and yellow banded) 4 foot female cali, and id like to breed them in the spring....i was wondering if anybody new what the babies would be...bananas? Normals? I cant find info anywhere, any help would be greatly appreciated.

There are about sixty wild phenotypes of Cal. king, and many more "designer" forms. The "Banana" Cal. King originated from the Long Beach-Newport form. Even two Cal. Kings of the same similar "looking" phenotype can produce a plethora of different looking offspring in the same clutch, and ESPECIALLY if you don't know the long lineage of the parent stock involved.

I suspect you will get a mixed "grab-bag" of different looking offspring from that breeding, some intermediate between the two, with some looking more like one or the other parents as well, and even maybe a couple that look nothing at all like either one. These are all very realistic possibilities.

~Doug
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You will get some with more yellow and some with more percentage of brown.

bberancies will be from anything with stripes, dashes, dots, bands ect and everything inbetween.

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"They that can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety." -Benjamin Franklin

I do just that kind of pairing too.
"Banana" females X a normal banded phase males. Both white and black and yellow /brown.
I get all kinds of looks and even some surprises..

with a huge variance in the amounts of each color (and "muddiness" ) I've even had some display yellow and brown on their bodies and venter but have white labials.

:Mark
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Mark

I love that first pic of the high band count.
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"They that can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety." -Benjamin Franklin

I know. I probably shoulda held onto those and then bred them to each other too...
aahh well....
Hopefully if breeding goes well in a few months, I'll have one or two more.
:Mark
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Yeah, I agree, those are WAY HIGH band counts!, anything 40 or more is very uncommon to see.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Well, I kinda think "band count" is a bit misleading in a way since the "banana" female I use is one from when they just came about on the scene and these guys typically "muddy up a bit and turn yellow/brown rather than black and white.
You may notice the "bands" are incomplete in that they do not cross the belly in entirety. More like elongated blotches, if you will.

:Mark
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True, I see what you're saying there, but still a bunch of semi-rings just the same, and still pretty unique looking though.

later man, ~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

What is different with these guys too is the appearance in some individuals of an "eye stripe" kinda like calligaster have.
:Mark
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I didn't notice that before, but yeah, I see what ya mean.

Like the one here on this one?

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Yup. Like that one...

Here's one or two others from the same pairings for the O.P. to get an idea of what else to (maybe) expect..

:Mark
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LOL!!, yeah, that's pretty much what I was telling the poster, anything from A to Z, and anything in between..LOL!

Them thar Cal. kings have some crazy stuff goin' on!

Brian's book was just unreal in regards to the Cal. King chapter wasn't it?, I mean he showed just about every type of natural form imaginable, and then some..LOL! Without question THE best getula book in existence!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Without question THE best getula book in existence!

YEP! and it will remain that way for a long long time.

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Thanks for the great answers and info, I'm glad to hear it!