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This is my california kingsnake...I have a question also, I have heard people call California kingsnakes by 2 diffrent names. Desert California Kingsnake and some other name i forgot (maybe coastal or centreal?) And i was wondering what one mine is and how do you tell the diffrence. I got this guy from ken at www.kenssnakes.com ... He has some great looking snakes.

Thanks sorry if that was a confusing question

here is a closer picture

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Kyle

2.5.0 Leopard Geckos (3 Normal, 1 High Yellow, 1 Blizzard, 2 Tremper Albinos)
0.0.1 Thayeri Kingsnake

Hi Kyle,
Most people consider black and white cal.kings like yours desert phase, and the ones that are more of a dark brown to light brown with yellow are considerd coastal phase. Its actually where they are from that makes them one or the other. They are the same snake, just different from different locales. Its kind of like rosy boas-(but not to the extreme of rosy locales). Nice black and whites are cool looking, but coastals are my favorite. Good looking snake too. Hope this helps you a little bit to understand a bit better.
jeff teel

This is my male he is a '00 and right around 48"....

And this is my female. She is an '02. Probably will breed her and the male next year if she is big enough.

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1.0 Corn snake
1.0 Black rat snake
1.0 Albino Black rat snake
1.0 Everglades rat snake
0.1 Yellow rat snake
1.1 California king snake
1.0 Prairie king snake
0.1 Black king snake

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

wow thats a nice looking pair... Coastal do look alot diffrent then Desert cal kings..The brown and yellowish color is very noticable...thanks for pictures they help clarify the diffrence of the two very well.

Thanks again!
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Kyle - My small collection...

2.5 Leopard Geckos
1.0 Crested Gecko
1.0 Thayeri Kingsnake
1.0 California Kingsnake

Thanks that helps alot! I was thinking it was prolly something like that. Thanks again
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Kyle - My small collection...

2.5 Leopard Geckos
1.0 Crested Gecko
1.0 Thayeri Kingsnake
1.0 California Kingsnake