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Someone recently gave me an adult king snake. This thing was freaking huge. When I went to pick it up he said they could not figure a sex out on it but that it was an awesome eater which was very easy to see. I got the snake home and it did not eat but was in shed when I got it, so I thought nothing of it not feeding. Anyway's I went last night to change the water and see if it felt like eating and found it coiled around 14 eggs. This caught me by surprise because we have been calling it big daddy. Need less to say it ate last night 3 large mice. Now to come to my question, I candled the eggs and saw round circle which I'm guessing is an embryo. I called the guy I got it from and he said he cooled it and housed it with a male Mexican Black King not that long back. Has anyone ever produced a Cal. x Mexican crossing? If so where can I find pictures, and when will I be able too breed the snake again?

Thanks in advance for any answers and help.
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Chad
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Those do occur naturally in the wild in southern Arizona.

Kerby...

Has anyone ever produced a Cal. x Mexican crossing? If so where can I find pictures, and when will I be able too breed the snake again?

These subspecies naturally intergrade and the crosses used to be known as the subspecies L.g. yumensis. Do a search on Yuma kings and you should see some pics of them. This is the common morph of kingsnake in south central and southwest AZ.
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Chris Harrison

That's freaky Man... Housing 2 Agressive kings together... i've had both subspecies, and they were both agressive , good luck with the clutch... you're one lucky individual.

~ZF