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About 2 monthes ago , while walking on a beach next to a marsh, I was shocked to see the biggest Speckled kingsnake I have ever seen. I grabbed the bruit and stared in amazement. Today I weighed and measured him.

Length: 5'7"
Weight: 3 3/4 pounds

I've held and seen thousands of kingsnakes, and this tops em all. I know the record is 6ft, but I think this snake can pass it. Have any of you held a speckled king this size? what do you think, can he make it? Sorry no pic, i'll get one soon. Do any of you have pics of your large speckled kings? THANKS!!!

Whats the locality of the animal you found ? Whats the temperment like ? Sounds like a beauty but Kings and most snakes for that matter really slow down on growth once they hit adult size. If that snake is fairly old his growth may be minimal but you never know I guess.

Keith
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the snake's temperment is absolutely great, didn't even rattle a tail, hiss or anything. I'm in southeast Lousiana, in Slidell. The temp. was around 85 degrees F. Thanks for your reply. Oh by the way, the snake is very colorfull and active, I have older kings that are really lazy , so he may be young. I have no idea how 2 age them. THANKS!!!

I believe world record is 6'10 as far as I know (according to at least 5 different books). That is an awesome kingsnake you got. I have herped LA. for 3 years and my biggest find was a speckled from Cameron Parrish at exactly 5'. I hope you'll post some pics of yours soon. Would love to see that whopper!!! What parrish did you find your big one at?

By the way, I've got one (wide banded eastern King/ Blotched) that is 6'2 and weighs 5 pounds!!! (8 more inches LOL!) Don't know how old mine is, but he IS captive born!!! No scars, marks of any kind either! Check the pics I've posted of the monster a few days/week ago (it is listed as 74" monster blotched Kingsnake). I will post some some more (closeups) of him soon.
Good luck & hope your speckled keeps on growing!

Zee