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Hello,Ive been wanting to post some fla king pics for a month or so,but can't seem to locate all of them,as i have just recently moved so i,m sure they got shuffled away somewhere.In the mean time I thought I'd post some pics of some slightly different patterned scarlet kings that i have.I'll put some more on when i find more photos.I'd like to thank DMong for takin' his time to help me figure this nightmare of posting multiple pics,if it weren't for him and my girlfriends patience I'd have given up on even tryin' to post.If this works,I've got many herp photos to share.Some of the pics aren't the best,but some nice lookin' animals.
THIS ONE HAS AN ALMOST ENTIRELY BLACK HEAD, AND LOTS OF CROSSOVERS.

THIS ONE HAS ORANGISH BANDS IN PLACE OF THE YELLOW

THE RED BANDS ON THIS ARE ACTUALLY SADDLES NONE OF THE TRIADS CROSS THE VENTRALS.THE BELLY HAS ONLY SOME YELLOW & RED SPECKLES & NO BLACK.


NOTHING REALLY FANCY ON THIS ONE,BUT I LIKE IT.

OFF TOPIC, BUT INTERESTING STILL IS A 33" CEMOPHORA COCCINEA, A BIG HONKER OF A FEMALE.


Thanks for looking, hope it works. Alan

Hey, you are very welcome!. I am VERY glad I was able to help you post stuff too, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to see some of those absolute SMOKIN! elapsoides you have.

Man, there are some REAL unique gems there bro!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

wow! That long saddled example is outstanding! Very unique animal.
-Jeff
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Let there be triangulum and lo, the milkhead was born.

What were you feeding your Cemophora c.c.?

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

is elapsoides still lampropeltis?.....is it still considered a triangulum????.....is elapsoides still a valid label??.....whats up wid this .....YO???

Bobasseto,Hey,hopefuly somebody will chime in on any new changes in taxon.I'm old school and will probably always go by the latin names that I've gone by forever.I don't go by "meansi" when refering to appalach kings,and I still call na ratsnakes "elaphe".Don't know if there has been any changes in elapsoides,there are some obvious differences in comparison to the rest of the triangulum.Thanks Man, Alan

I see it is now classified(or at lest anticipated to certainly be very soon) as it's own species from some DNA testing in 2009......arggh!. Below the photo are some brief details regarding this.

~Doug
CNAH (L.elapsoides)

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Doug,I see lots of cemophora in the field,but I just leave them be.The one that I posted was so big I wanted to measure it and shoot some photos of it.Then I took it back right away and released it in the same spot.From the look and feel of her body she had just laid out,so I didn't waste any time gettin' her back to so she could do her thing and get her body weight back to up.I have had good success in the past keepin' a few long term.I'll try to post a pic of one of them that is probably 3/4 striped.It was very unusual.Thanks again for your help posting.More to come. Alan

Thanks man,.......and you are very welcome. I definitely look forward to more cool pics.

So WHAT WAS your "long-term captives" eating..LOL!

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com