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I just recently acquired this juv. jurassic king. I have heard so many different things about just how this morph came to be. I am hoping that one of you that are 100% positive of their origins can shed some light on this for me.

snake. With some trickery, when it comes to scenting females, you can have two snakes copulate that would never EVER attempt it in the wild. Corns and Kings would NEVER mate in the wild, the king would always eat a corn if he saw one in the wild but not mate with it.LOL. Thus enter the "Jurassic". Nice animal. I'm not into man made creations - but it's still a beautiful little snake. Good luck with him and thanks for sharing.

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Zee

Thanks for the info! I am sure that the morph is man made. What I am unsure of is the exact combination that was used to create this species. I have heard so many diffrent things, I am hoping to sort out the truth. Thank you again for your quick response and great info.

Many years ago floridian herpers crossed their newly acquired albino California kingsnakes to Florida kings found in their backyards. Years of back breeding to the florida king created what looked like a pure albino florida king . These were being sold as Florida Lemon kings.
Approx 6-7 years ago a florida herper named Andy Barr acquired a new shipment of a dozen or so wild caught Honduran Milksnakes. This is when he hibernated the Florida Kings together with the hondurans and then in the spring he tried breeding them. Everything was tried from switching males with females, scenting ect. to get one of his WC Tangerine Hondurans to breed to his captive born Albino Lemon king . After many unsuccesful attempts he finally got what he wanted. With several Tangerine hondurans one breeding finally took place and Kieth Hillsons and Terry Dunhams favorite snake was born...

... the Jurassic Milksnake:

The first Jurassic were all normal looking hets. But after those neonates were raised up the first albino "tricolor" Jurassics were made.

Its strange that it took this long to produce man made albino tricolors. Because it was not to long ago the first albino tricolors were born and herpetoculturists got to see what an actual albino tricolor even looked like. This event really changed captive breeding. I remember the days when we thought such an albino could only happen in our dreams.

If the Jurassic Milk would have been bred way back before the first pure albino tricolor rutheni they would have gone for a whole lot of money. We had the capability all along. It just took someone like Andy to think outside the box and make it possible.

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You cannreach me at Bluerosy@comcast.net and I will email you my phone #.

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professional about that stuff. I let mother nature decide when and where hybrids come from. So forgive me got the two mixed up from earlier post (jungle - jurassic). kinda like alligator and crocodile, different animals but lots of people mix them up cause they're not too interested in them. Like I did with the two "J" kings. Sorry bout that. But thanks for the clraification "Bluerosy". By the way, what in the world is a "Candy Clown"??? It is a beautiful snake, saw some pics of it recently, couldn't believe the awesome colors on that snake. THANKS GUYS/GALS!!!

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Zee

That what a Jurassic Milk is supposed to be. I've seen them mislabeled as jurassic kings though.

I was wondering if Jurassic Milks are not very robust. I received 8 of them, three as healthy specimens, the rest as non-feeders. Despite my best efforts, I lost all but ONE of them (and he was one of the non-feeders!). They all died within a month and a half of receiving them. Makes me wonder if the hybridization has led to them being sickly and more likely to perish than live? The one I have left is a beautiful bengal tiger striped specimen, and I love him, but wish I hadn't had to go through the deaths of so many others!
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Wow, maybe too much hybridization??? HMMMMMM??? Sorry about your loss - that sucks!!! Hope that last one makes it all the way!!! Good luck (Got any pics?)

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Zee