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this is a full body shot of the aberrant eastern king from central GA.

That thing is WEIRD! It looks like the opposite of a 'goini'.
It's the antigoini!

was found in the proximity of very normal appearing eastern kings.

I have some property that is located in Quitman Co., Georgia, which is east-central Georgia. It is located on the Georgia side of Lake Walter F. George (Lake Eufaula). On that propertya nd surrounding area, I have found a high degree of variability in Eastern Kingsnakes which seems to range from chainlike connected dots like L.g. niger combined with light overall speckling like L.g.holbrooki to pure Eastern chain pattern. I found one individual that looked just like holbrooki. It's strange because the property is located 75 miles or so south of the southeastern corner of niger's range and 40 miles or so east of the limits of holbrooki's range (and separated by the Chattahoochie River) and 75 miles or so north of Appalachicola. I haven't found any yet that would look like brooksi or goini...but it wouldn't shock me a whole lot.

thanx for the note. It seems that there are pockets where aberrancies of one form or another are prevalent or at least not uncommon. Some, but not all of this could probably be attributed to zones of intergradation. Your property is one example for kingsnakes, and in Lehigh FL and a couple of other circumscribed regions there are pockets with a very high incidence of corn snake melanism (anerythristic individuals), etc. cheers/Dick

I posted another picture of the same snake in the photo gallery. I know its not the best of pictures, but it gives a little different view of this unusual snake.

Not really that unusual I caught one with the same broken markings last Sunday when jogging. I did however wonder if it was really an eastern. so I checked online, here, and in books to make sure. Guess its just a little diferent