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I figured that I would put this in the subject line. The last time I used Flame we to a walk down Hollywood Blvd. LOL Her is my pair of Flame Brooks female first, male second.
Thanks for looking. Now let the flaming begin. LOL

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Tom S
1.1 Flame Lampropeltis getla Floridana
1.0 Hypomelanistic Lampropeltis getula Floridana
0.1 Axanthic Lampropeltis getula Floridana
0.1 Hypomelanistic Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis
1.0 Anerythristic Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis

LOL, just kidding. Seems that Florida king morphs get really confusing if you don't know who's stock started what.

I get it with rosyboas and Cal kings, but Florida kings?? This proves I am a West Coast native.

Seriously, what amazes me about Florida king morphs is all of this red popping up in a snake that was never known (to me) to have any substantial amount of red. Really shows what selective breeding can do.

To the Florida king buffs, where did the red come from? A particular strain or locality?
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Mark

Mark, Just so you know I am new to Kingsnakes. I have only had these guys for 7 days. I am still trying to figure everything out myself.LOL
But thanks for looking
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Tom S
1.1 Flame Lampropeltis getla Floridana
1.0 Hypomelanistic Lampropeltis getula Floridana
0.1 Axanthic Lampropeltis getula Floridana
0.1 Hypomelanistic Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis
1.0 Anerythristic Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis

In just about every strain/locality of FL kings. In general though, it is prominent only in hatchlings and it will mostly fade by the time they reach adulthood.

The ones that come out super red will usually retain a lot of their red coloration into adult hood. I've thought about selective breeding some of my black Florida kingsnake lines to produce Black and Red FL kings.

Very red and shiny!
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Very nice "flamer's" Are they both males!..LOL!

Just kiddin of course!

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

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Very nice snakes and Im not sure if you know or not but those "Flames" are Hypos like your other one. Some Hypos are more red than others but same mutation just the same.

Wow, those are killer! I didn't know about these red hypo brooks until up about a week ago. Real nice pair!!!

I have always wondered....does the red remain that way until adulthood? Also, I heard that most of them don't, but is there any line out there today that the red does in fact go through the brooks until adulthood? I really want to know. If it is a possibly, I will definitely purchase one for 2011! =)

Tony
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You can never have only one snake!