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North Florida "Whomper"

foxturtle Apr 19, 2010 03:12 PM

I recently found this wide-banded 5 footer in Northern Florida. One of my first true eastern kings south of the Georgia border.

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joecop Apr 19, 2010 03:49 PM

And a beauty at that. VERY nice getula. Long live the king!!

a153fish Apr 19, 2010 04:16 PM

I getta get me some of those! Lol. That is a very nice looking animal. I thought they would look more speckly in North Fla, like an intergrade.
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foxturtle Apr 19, 2010 04:32 PM

I have North Florida easterns from a couple different localities I'm hoping to breed this year. As far as I know there aren't too many other people working with them.

Well, there are intergrades, and there are "pure" easterns in North Florida. The intergrades are actually harder to find. These would probably be considered pure easterns. That snake does have some faint speckling you can see in the picture, but its really not that unusual for easterns to have some speckling.

This one I found in the same location also has a little bit of speckling:

tspuckler Apr 20, 2010 02:56 PM

Now that's what I call an excellent find!

Tim

byron.d Apr 19, 2010 10:30 PM

I love the head on that monster.

Very nice find.

byron.d

RossCA Apr 19, 2010 11:47 PM

Wow!!! that is a beauty!
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DMong Apr 21, 2010 12:20 AM

Excellent photo of a great looking animal Nick!

Dig that unique auburn coloration it has going on too!

~Doug
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