Not mexican Black patterned black
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Black king baby
hevychevy427
Jul 18, 2005 05:53 PM
Replies (5)
chrish
Jul 18, 2005 10:28 PM
Not mexican Black patterned black
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That sure looks like a baby Mexican Black Kingsnake (L.g.nigrita) baby to me. It isn't an Eastern Black King (L.g.nigra)
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Chris Harrison
Ameron
Jul 18, 2005 10:59 PM
Black King baby from KY/TN region, or a melanistic Other?
If so, which other??
hevychevy427
Jul 19, 2005 07:36 AM
Well actually there are patterned Black Kings...Not Black Mex...some are in Ohio and east.
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kingaz
Jul 19, 2005 01:23 PM
We are familiar with the fact that there are Mexican Black Kings (l. getula nigrita) from Mexico and extreme southern AZ, and Eastern Black Kings (l. getula nigra) from southern Ohio, KY, TN, AL. We are just asking you to clarify which one you have. Some Mexican Black kings have a faint pattern that sometimes disappears as they age. Yours kind of looks like a Mex black with that faint pattern.
Eastern blacks are more variable. Some have strong patterns and others have almost none. Can we assume from your comments that your snake is a Eastern Balck Kingsnake?
Greg
hevychevy427
Jul 19, 2005 04:36 PM
Yes Greg We can assume that the second picture is a Mexican Black Kingsnake and the first Picture is a Black King Snake. Are you guys always so formal...I thought this was fun not school....been outta that for 37 years now. Oh well. I'll know better from now on.
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