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Subject - California Kings. Desert = black - Coastal = brown? A long time back I seem to remember catching Cal. kings that ranged from light brown, thru dark brown, to black - all in Ventura County. Is this just my imagination?-----theOLDherper---'pete'

>>Subject - California Kings. Desert = black - Coastal = brown? A long time back I seem to remember catching Cal. kings that ranged from light brown, thru dark brown, to black - all in Ventura County. Is this just my imagination?-----theOLDherper---'pete'

Sounds all correct to me.......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

Why then do I keep seeing the blacks labeled 'desert' and the browns 'coastal'?-----theOLDherper--'Pete'

>>Why then do I keep seeing the blacks labeled 'desert' and the browns 'coastal'?-----theOLDherper--'Pete'

Pete,
I thought that is what you posted in your original post.....

The black and white Calkings are deserts......The brown and cream to yellow Calkings are coastals........
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

From one old herper to another, Wide white and black black, is associated with california high deserts east to Vegas, with animals in the Parumph(sp) area, a really nice 50/50 black and white.

With SoCal coastals being mostly brown and yellow(home of the fantastic coastal cal kings(stripes, bandeds, abberents) of course, there are all manner of color combinations from other areas.

Of course, Newporters were a hit as well. Then theres NorCal, yes, theres kings there, but not so nice, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Heck, there is no comparison to Vista banana kings, a wide golden yellow brown, on a screaming yellow snake with ornate head markings.

But hey, I am too old to remember tooooooooo. Cheers

>>Subject - California Kings. Desert = black - Coastal = brown? A long time back I seem to remember catching Cal. kings that ranged from light brown, thru dark brown, to black - all in Ventura County. Is this just my imagination?-----theOLDherper---'pete'

I am sure there are certain locales that have all of the above......
What color were the light bands or stripes in Ventura County?
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

Never saw or heard of a sriped cal that far north [above L.A.Co.] Light brown,what I would call darker than tan.----theOLDherper----'pete'