04 Hatchling, I'm not exactly familiar with too many kingsnakes, so can anyone tell me if this snake has an abberant pattern? The bands are broken in a few places...
Michael
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*PIC* Amelanistic California Kingsnake
HerperHelmz
Dec 28, 2004 09:04 PM
Replies (15)
jlassiter
Dec 28, 2004 09:06 PM
I would call it aberrant banded.
Nice caliking too.
-John Lassiter-
HerperHelmz
Dec 28, 2004 09:14 PM
I can't figure out how to resize pics...here's another though.
Michael
Michael's Place
metalpest
Dec 29, 2004 08:25 PM
I would call it banded. A lot of bandeds have breaks, some more than others. Abberant is a combo with stripes, so there is usually some visible striping. Beautiful snake either way.
jlassiter
Dec 29, 2004 08:54 PM
I believe you can have an aberrantly banded calking with no strping. MHO.
-John Lassiter-
metalpest
Dec 29, 2004 08:59 PM
Maybe, but I myself have never seen one. They all have a broken stripe or zigzag with some jumbled up bands on the sides. I saw one that was perfectly banded on one half, and perfectly striped on the second half. I wish I had one of those, it was cool, the best of both worlds.
jlassiter
Dec 29, 2004 09:14 PM
Yes,
Broken stripes, zig zags and jumbled up bands means......aberrant.
And I too like the half striped, half banded specimens.
-John Lassiter-
metalpest
Dec 29, 2004 09:16 PM
Who has the half and half? Ive never seen one offered for sale, I just saw a pic of one. I thought it must have been the only one, just luck. It was a wild caught one too I think.
jlassiter
Dec 29, 2004 09:26 PM
I remember seeing a pic of one in Perlowin's General Care and Maintenance of Common Kingsnakes. If I remember correctly it was caught in the Carlsbad area.
-John Lassiter-
metalpest
Dec 29, 2004 09:29 PM
That sounds about right. I hope I hatch one out one day
jlassiter
Dec 29, 2004 09:33 PM
This is the closest I've gotten. It is nothing near that wildcaught specimen but I like em.
LOL
-John Lassiter-
metalpest
Dec 29, 2004 09:34 PM
Not bad. Did you hold it to breed to try again? Maybe you can get closer and closer every time.
jlassiter
Dec 29, 2004 09:36 PM
Yes,
It is the same one I posted above in another thread. It will breed in '06 to his sister that has a nice low band count. I also have a wide striped calking from Don Shores that I may breed it to. Only time will tell.
-John Lassiter-
metalpest
Dec 31, 2004 01:16 PM
That ones pretty cool too. I would like to see what offspring you get, that should be interesting!
HerperHelmz
Dec 30, 2004 12:06 AM
Hey,
You may not be able to see it in the pics, but the snake has broken bands, and then a stripe going down it's tail, I'll check on it for more stuff tomorrow, right now it's digesting a meal.
Michael
Michael's Place
jlassiter
Dec 30, 2004 08:33 AM
I see it Michael. Very nice caliking. I would still call it aberrant with the broken bands and little tail stripe.
-John Lassiter-
