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Well, opinions are like ----you know the saying, but this is MY nicest w/c snake to date. From CA, I introduce you to the reduced black coast animal. (locality not included )

Sorry for the crappy pics, I will take some nice ones outside in a few days. Hope you like him!!

Why not include the locale? It is not like someone is going to cruise up and down Santa Cruz mtns because you posted a pic of one from there.

Anyway, it is a super nice coastal mtn kingsnake. But more info would make it more interesting.
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Rainer, it is a Santa Cruz animal. He did however come from an isolated area that does not contain much habitat. I will say that much. Thanks for the compliment on the animal.

Joe

He did however come from an isolated area that does not contain much habitat.

Drool!

Was it BD?
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BD has a ton of habitat, all of which is state-protected.

Rainer,

Actually, people do just that. In the past I've posted photos of animals with their locales, just to find that two to three groups of people then were around the same local vicinity within a week. Honestly, you mean to tell me you don't believe that people who live in the area where these things are found, won't hit the hills after seeing a snake of this calibur? It's not paranoia, it's fact, and it happens all the time. That's why it's best sometimes to post pictures of highly sought after animals after the season for collecting them has past. Myself, and many other zonata-folk have begun to practice this technique - as we're tiring of having to fix the rock and cover items in areas hit by people who surf these forums looking for tidbits of info of when and where to go.

And Joe is right, the site this animal came from is so fricken' small that a single person can decimate the habitat in a matter of minutes. Over the past six years I've seen eight animals at this site, and if people found out about it I guarantee you I would see no more.

Mitch

Extremely nice Joe.

Congrats on your find.

Paul

Thanks Paul!

Thats very nice. I didn't know that much reduced black was possible to find in the wild.

Nor did I Ross !!! I too was shocked. Thanks.

VERY beautiful specimen there Joe!

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

Thanks Doug. Wish I could take the credit. Mother nature bred this one!

Joe

it is a beautiful snake, did you have any probs gettin it to eat rodents?
good luck w/it,,,,,,,,,thomas davis
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Thanks Thomas. Nope. Took f/t unscented right from the tongs the first attempt!! Makes him even better!

Joe

Oh YEAH!!!!!!!! SHE'S BEATIFUL!!!!!!!!! AND I LOVE MILK SNAKES AND KiNG AND SNAKES!!!! And I need to know where thet place is at really bad A.S.A.P.!.Where are those SNAKES At? Please tell me A.S.A.P.! What is that SNAKE with all the red and such????!!!!And pleae tell me where there at in the wild habitat? And that's a nother SU-weeeeet piture to!!!? Keep up the good work?!!!!!!!!!

Wowee

Yes that is an amazing Z!!

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1.1 senticolis t. intermedia
1.1 rhinechis scalaris
1.2 lampropeltis m. thayeri
2.1 pantherophis g. guttatus
1.1 lampropeltis t. campbelli

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1.1 thayeri hybrids (het albino)

Oh YEAH!!! Shes pretty great and has beatiful colors too. Are they boys or a girls! And what do they eat! And how big do they get! and do they squirt musk at you and bite aggresivley and such when they get cauht out of there habitat! Keep up the work?!!!!!
Heres one of mine: W.C. SNAKES.

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Jimmy Tintle

Oh YeAH shes BeATIFUL don't you think!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is completely stunning!!! You are a lucky man!!!
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Thanks!!!! She's pretty great and beautiful!!! I caught her in my back YARD about to weeks ago! I'm gonna raise her up and breed her to other BULL SNAKES I catch in there habitat to and such!!!! Keep up the work! And thanks for saying something back to me the KINGS SNAKES forum!

That is seriously one of the nicest coasties I have ever seen! Congrats! As a person who has just seen his first wild zonata, hope one to see much mroe in the future and at that caliber! Love the head!

Thanks Zach and congrats again on your find this year!!

Incredible that you just found this splendid creature! So far this year I have found gopher snakes, assorted lizards, toads, frogs and the ubiquitous rattlesnake. Am so envious!
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Thanks Bob. I was blown away myself. I had a great deal of help in locating him, so I can't take the credit for that. Being that I live on the east coast and it cost big bucks just to get out to the west coast, I am more then happy to let my friends lead the way. I would do the same for them, and have for some, if they came out to the east coast. Most of the time I find my own spots and animals, but I will make exceptions for far away lands!!