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My daughter came up with this idea. I was making a hide with expanding foam and she said that looks like a snake. So I made a lot of snakes and she painted them.

More coming.

more coming

done

I see a Grayband, a Chain King, a Speckled king, a Milk snake, a Pyro, and two Cal Kings. I think?
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com

Well, If I knew more about snakes, I would say you are right. lol. My daughter goggled king snakes and just started painting different ones. The only one I am not sure you are talking about is the milk snake. What color is that one you see?

DAVY

>>Well, If I knew more about snakes, I would say you are right. lol. My daughter goggled king snakes and just started painting different ones. The only one I am not sure you are talking about is the milk snake. What color is that one you see?
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>>DAVY

That would be the one with bright yellow bands.
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com

The one with bright yellow inner triad rings, and the pointed red snout/head.

No doubt a Scarlet kingsnake..LOL!. This is the only one of the original 25 classified milksnake subspecies(triangulum) that also has the name "kingsnake" associated with it's common name, even though all milks and kings belong to the same genus (Lampropeltis).

However, as of 2006, the Scarlet kingsnake was found to be distinct enough to be re-classified as it's own species(Harper), dropping the subspecific name "triangulum". So, for the time being, it is now "Lampropeltis elapsoides".

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

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Excellent work by your daughter. And it is great she cares about your hobby.

Ho old is she?
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Thank you. She is 10 and she is what I call a girlie girl. But she is warming up to the snakes pretty good. Yea she is daddy's little helper no matter what I am doing.

HAHAA!!,..that is too cool man. Tell your daughter that I think she did a FANTASTIC job of painting those different types of snakes..

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

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

As Jorge mentioned about a few, I see a..........

Blair's phase Gray-Banded king(L. alterna

50-50 Cal. king(L.g.californiae)

Speckled king(L.g.holbrooki)

California Mountain king(L. zonata) with typical "flame cross-overs" of black pigment

Scarlet king(L.t.elapsoides)

"High-white" aberrant Cal. king(L.g.californiae)

likely a Ruthven's kingsnake(L. ruthveni) or possibly a MSP Nuevo Leon king(L.m. thayeri)..aka "thayeri"

Eastern Chain king(L.g.getula)

She did some awesome work on some of their head details too!

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

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

You missed the striped desert Phase Cal king......at the top
And I see a pale milk snake....but no Ruthveni or Thayeri....LOL

Emily did a KILLER job!
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Okay...I see the Ruthie now......lol
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Oh yeah, I did miss the San Diego striped Cal. king there..LOL!I noticed before posting that there was a Pale milk there, but when I focused on the bottom pic, I forgot about typing it in because it was no longer visible..he he!!

yeah, she did an awesome job man!

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

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Emily said thank you very much.

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

thank you she is pretty good with a paint brush.

Very very creative! Looks fantastic.

Only problem is that black and white Cal king might eat the tricolors ...
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Mark

It was a fun little project. Emily said thank you.

Nice work. Both of you.

Thanks. She (Emily) appreciates the great comments too.

DAVY