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The UGLIEST floridana... ever.

foxturtle Oct 03, 2004 02:50 PM

I just bought this girl (on the left) for $20 at a reptile show yesterday. She's pretty big, about 4˝ to 5 feet, and fat. She's supposed to be wild-caught from around here... the guy who sold her to me thinks she was collected in Pinellas County, but she doesn't have the right look for that. I think she's more likely from Hillsborough or Pasco County if she was collected around here, but she could just as well be from around Lake Okeechobee. Either way she's the muddiest and ugliest Florida king I have ever seen. If you have one uglier, I'd like to see it.

Both snakes in this pic had shed within 5 hours before this picture was taken:

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foxturtle Oct 03, 2004 02:51 PM

Okay. Something went wrong, let's try this again...
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foxturtle Oct 03, 2004 02:55 PM

whammo!

foxturtle Oct 03, 2004 03:10 PM

Here she is in the first pic, photo'd on my garage floor. The flash actually makes her look a little brighter than she really is. The second pic shows what was previously the muddiest Florida King in my possession, a female collected by me in southwestern Palm Beach County. She looks pretty distinct in comparison.


JETZEN Oct 03, 2004 03:59 PM

I agree yours win! i'm glad i'm not the only one with ugly fla's

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