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Has anyone ever seen this particular morph in the eastern kingsnake or anything similar to it? Unfortunately this animal was killed. I have set out boards and tin in the area it was killed in hopes of crossing paths with another one. Any ideas?
Cabarrus County, Concord NC

"it was killed in hopes of crossing paths with another one"

Huh??? what the heck does that mean?

It looks like someone's escapee Florida king, not a wild Eastern L.g.getula.
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He means this snake was killed in the same area he had set out AC to hopefully find kings. He might not know how it was killed (or doesn't specify for some other reason).

I think you missed copying a bit.....
" I have set out boards and tin in the area it was killed in hopes of crossing paths with another one"
I'm sure he meant he'd like to find a similar animal under his sets.......(since this one is dead, unfortunately)

:Mark
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Mark you got it...

Clarifications...The snake was found very close to a residence under a piece of plywood. It was consuming some sort of wild rodent. The discovery was made by 2 teenage boys who took pictures of it while the "Man" of the house proceeded to kill it with the Razor scooter lying adjacent to the animal. The snake has a considerable amount of diffused red in the body color...the cell pic didn't post well.
In addition Mike Dorcas of Davidson College also thinks its a released pet or escapee. I suppose its wishful thinking on my part of the possibility its some sort of local morph. Anyways just thought you folks might have an idea. Like most of the folks here I have seen hundreds of various L.g.getulas...just not this one...lol

Thanks

My apologies guys. It must have been very late when I initially read it, because it was very clear what was meant when I just re-read it..LOL!

So sad that the kingsnake was killed by the local neighborhood "hero". The poor thing was only trying to survive and was unfortunate enough to run into its all-too-common ignorant demise.

~Doug
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Wow that's a cool looking King too bad it was killed. There have been instances of heavily specked Easterns in NC and SC and that looks like an example of that. It doesn't look like an escaped pet as other have stated. Here are a couple pics of a SC animal that's very similar. Keep us updated if any others are found as it's a rare phase of the Eastern. The photos are by Wasil Kahn.

Great Job! That is the same morph for all intense purposes. Keep in mind the picture I have shows that brownish color more significantly...to the point of it having a reddish hue to it.
I will in fact continue to look for another one in the area it was killed. There is a large field and natural area adjacent to the subdivision where I have put tin and boards as I stated in an earlier post. I check it often...hopefully it pays off.

Yeah I've seen and had some Easterns with a rich chocolate color that borders on a wine or reddish color. Hopefully you can pull pair out of there, specks or otherwise. A couple of normals may produce speckled babies??? Good luck!

Keith

I hatched an F2, Burlington, NJ that was speckled like that right out of the egg. Not the prettiest NJ in terms of color, but odd for sure.

Will

Sure some Easterns can have some substantial speckling. But that isn't to say that snake isn't an escaped Florida king. That snake that was posted is far more speckled and higher cross-banded than yours too, and it has what looks to be around 40 or so cross-bands from neck to vent as well. The sides don't very Eastern getula to me either. No telling for certain either way, but it sure looks like many typical hobby Florida kings.
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