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i'm thinking about buying this snake but think the owner may be misidentifying it as a hypo brooks. is that right? the pictures aren't great; he'll send me clearer pics later today.

also, if it is a brooks, what is the max length? i have a l.t. campbelli, so i'm used to a much smaller snake, i think.

thanks
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here's a second fuzzy pic of it.
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ok. i received better pics. it is a brooks. but is it hypo?
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It was hard to tell until the last pic you posted. It is a hypo brooks.

Why what else did you think it was?
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i'm not good with morphs at all. so i didn't know. or have any clue. my only source for checking it internet. when i pulled up pics of hypo brooks, they either had no orange (with the stripe pattern) at all, or no pattern (with the orange) at all.

thanks for helping.

>>i'm not good with morphs at all. so i didn't know. or have any clue. my only source for checking it internet. when i pulled up pics of hypo brooks, they either had no orange (with the stripe pattern) at all, or no pattern (with the orange) at all.
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>>thanks for helping.

Yes it is a Hypomelanistic Florida Kingsnake.....
An internet search isn't a great tool to identify a Floridana/Brooksi morph because if you search for a Hypo Brooksi you will see many pictures of adults and not hatchlings or yearlings.......

You see Floridana/Brooksi neonates go through an extensive ontogenesis......When adults they look hardly anything like they did when they emerged from the egg.....

Hypo Floridana have orange and some black pattern at birth but as they age they loose this pattern with every shed until there is almost no orange or black pattern/pigment.....
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John Lassiter
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what will an adult look like?

>>what will an adult look like?

Yellow with hardly any orange at all......

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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
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wow! that's excited!

i'm picking up my new baby tomorrow. he is a year old. how many sheds does it take before he has his adult colors?

>>wow! that's excited!
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>>i'm picking up my new baby tomorrow. he is a year old. how many sheds does it take before he has his adult colors?

LOL...
There is no set number of sheds.....
Just feed him and provide for him and he will grow up for ya....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

and with some nice colors too.
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thank you! now to convince my snake a phobic hubby i need and can afford another snake setup.