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Hello! I have a few really basic questions about brooksi. First off, I know practically nothing about brooksi, but I think they're Florida kings, right?
Do they get as big as regular Floridas?
Do Floridas get as big as Easterns?
And I just saw some gorgeous baby high lavendars that looked alot like some I saw that were sold as flames - are they the same? Do they retain alot of color when they grow?
Sorry about all the basic questions, but I'm really interested in these new (at least to me) phases, and wanted to know really basic stuff I don't see on the board much, as you guys know so much about these.
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1.0.0 Dumeril's Boa, Bruce
1.0.0 Mexican Kingsnake, Vincent
1.0.0 Graybanded Kingsnake, Boris
1.1.0 Ball Pythons, Pete & Frank
2.3.0 Bearded Dragons, Bela, Sally, Caijun, Phoenix & Spook
0.1.0 Fattailed Gecko, Sahein
2.0.0 Rats, Captian Howdy & Despero
1.0.0 Pushy Lovebird Baxter

Hello! I have a few really basic questions about brooksi. First off, I know practically nothing about brooksi, but I think they're Florida kings, right?
Do they get as big as regular Floridas?
Do Floridas get as big as Easterns?
And I just saw some gorgeous baby high lavendars that looked alot like some I saw that were sold as flames - are they the same? Do they retain alot of color when they grow?
Sorry about all the basic questions, but I'm really interested in these new (at least to me) phases, and wanted to know really basic stuff I don't see on the board much, as you guys know so much about these.

I have really seen the phrase " high lavendars " used but if the are a lavender that has a lot of red they are normally refferred to as extreme lavenders. The tern Flame usually applies to hypomelanistic brooksi.

Brooksi and floridana are the same thing. The term "brooksi" (aka Brooks king) is not longer in use except by breeders who wish to diifferentiate the higher yellow south florida locale of Florida kings. Unfortunatly a lot of people mis-use the term brooksi for ANY florida king. Either way brooksi was done away with and the proper name for all of them is floridana.

As far as size, they are simalar. The males of the florida king always get bigger than the females.

1 year old Sulfur lavender brooksi. (leavender x sulfur florida king)

High red or "Flame" hypomelanistic (brooksi) Florida king.

Thanks so much - you cleared up all my confusion over these beautiful snakes, and the pics were extremely helpful. Gorgeous snakes!
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1.0.0 Dumeril's Boa, Bruce
1.0.0 Mexican Kingsnake, Vincent
1.0.0 Graybanded Kingsnake, Boris
1.1.0 Ball Pythons, Pete & Frank
2.3.0 Bearded Dragons, Bela, Sally, Caijun, Phoenix & Spook
0.1.0 Fattailed Gecko, Sahein
2.0.0 Rats, Captian Howdy & Despero
1.0.0 Pushy Lovebird Baxter

the ad for the lavendars is gone. She who hesitates is lost!
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1.0.0 Dumeril's Boa, Bruce
1.0.0 Mexican Kingsnake, Vincent
1.0.0 Graybanded Kingsnake, Boris
1.1.0 Ball Pythons, Pete & Frank
2.3.0 Bearded Dragons, Bela, Sally, Caijun, Phoenix & Spook
0.1.0 Fattailed Gecko, Sahein
2.0.0 Rats, Captian Howdy & Despero
1.0.0 Pushy Lovebird Baxter