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KINGS GALORE

Ryan_Sikola Jan 28, 2013 04:06 PM

It's my day off and I've had too much coffee so I'm going to show you some kings I've found, owned, own, seen, and sold.

Lets start with cal-kings


Found this little high desert cali struggling with a fat meal, took it a while but it finished it! My heart was pumping, pretty excited.


Between riverside and san diego county, poor pic I know.


What they generally look like around my hometown (Bakersfield)


This was a real shame, dead-on-road in eastern riverside county, this king had 3/4ths of its body "zippered"


In the sierra east of Fresno, about 3000 ft.


We were driving thru inyo county when I call "SNAKE, LONGNOSE" and my friend is yelling "KING KING KING" guess who won the bet?


And back in the high desert


Did I mention how much I love to see high desert cal kings?


They only non-californiae getula I've ever seen was a sad sight.

Time to mix things up with some mexicana, mole & greyband


I have a pair of these melanistic thayeri.


Virginia mole king


Langtry


Milksnake phase thayeri


My very first thayeri, r.i.p

Now for some MOUNTAIN KINGS


4 foot male Baja mountain king I used to own


A resident of our local zoo


My friend's bear valley springs z


Another bear valley springs z


My lifer mountain king


I found another that day...


..and another!
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Pituophis c. annectans
Senticolis t. intermedia
Pantherophis bairdi
Lampropeltis m. thayeri
Lichanura t. trivirgata
Pseudopus apodus

Replies (13)

Jlassiter Jan 28, 2013 04:13 PM

Nice pics Ryan!
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

GerardS Jan 28, 2013 04:55 PM

The melanistic thayeri is really nice, I love those things.
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Gerard

"Sleep my friend and you will see, your dreams are my reality. "

www.livebaitclip.com

GONE FISHING!!!

joecop Jan 28, 2013 08:46 PM

Very nice Ryan. Love the Va mole king and the mt kings. That mole king is exceptionally light. Nice.

Joe

DMong Jan 28, 2013 09:27 PM

That was a real nice variety of herps there Ryan!

Too funny about the Longnosed Snake tricking your buddy. Heck, that would fool many folks looking at it up close..LOL!

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

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

RossPadilla Jan 29, 2013 05:20 PM

The only thing that really gives them away, from the car, is their low band count. I used to get fulled at first too.
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DMong Jan 29, 2013 05:36 PM

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

kingsnakeadam Jan 28, 2013 10:40 PM

Lots of cool kings!!! I can't wait for spring to come. That longnose is awesome!

DISCERN Jan 28, 2013 11:04 PM

Best kings I have seen on here in a long time!
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Genesis 1:1

tspuckler Jan 29, 2013 04:10 PM

Very nice!
And who can blame a Longnose for being a King Snake "wanna be?"

Tim
Third Eye Herp
Third Eye Herp

RossPadilla Jan 29, 2013 05:17 PM

Awesome kings, Ryan. You're lucky to have found one eating a rattler. I want to see that in the wild some day.
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pyromaniac Jan 29, 2013 05:26 PM


Have saved this photo to my hardrive! Simply awesome! No wonder your heart was pounding!

This one is also a favorite.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Ryan_Sikola Jan 29, 2013 09:32 PM

Thanks all for the compliments!

I'm getting pumped for spring!
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Pituophis c. annectans
Senticolis t. intermedia
Pantherophis bairdi
Lampropeltis m. thayeri
Lichanura t. trivirgata
Pseudopus apodus

kh70 Jan 31, 2013 03:27 PM

Very cool.

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