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Hello all
I hope i dont sound like a Moron but ive got a Striped Albino Calif King and was told in an email i had a Aberant striped Albino Cailf King. if someone knows the different please look at Lavenders pic and let me know also knowing what the word means would be a great help

Thanks EDD

aberrant/aberrance/aberrancy means a broken/irregular pattern... and the albino in the pic is aberrant cuz her pattern is irregular, the only thing is, that snake does not look lavender, looks like a regular 'ol T- Albino (red eyed albino) to me... lavender albinos have darker colored eyes...

striped cal but her sides are aberrant

Striped Goini but he has aberrant sides

Goini X Brooksi with some aberrance: striped neck

Pueblan Milk with an aberrant spot

hope that helped

~ZF
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Royal Blue ReptileZ

Home of Bklyn's Finest Brooksi

Yea we just call her lavender my son named her that because of her colors
I might add you got some mighty fine looking snakes there
EDD

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0.1 Ultramel CornSnake
0.1 Albino Snow CornSnake
0.1 Miami Phase CornSnake
1.0 Normal CornSnake
1.0 Sunglow CornSnake
0.1 Standard Ball Python
0.0.1 Rough Green Snake
1.0 Eastern {Chain} KingSnake
0.1 Striped Albino Califorina KingSnake
0.0.1 Legless Lizard AkA Glass Snake
0.1 Broad-Head Skink
1.1 Mediterranean Geckos
0.2 Green Iguanas
0.1 Blue Stripe Iguana
2.1 Tiger Striped Oscars (FISH)
0.1 Albino Oscar (FISH)

Thanx... Glad i could help

~ZF
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Royal Blue ReptileZ

Home of Bklyn's Finest Brooksi

Aberrant means: straying from the normal way; deviating from the usual or natural type.

For California Kingsnakes in the wild the term aberrant depends upon locale. For example, Cal Kings in Arizona are almost always banded. I've never seen a picture of an aberrant (other than banded) cal king from Arizona. So anything other than banded from Arizona would be considered aberrant by definition. Now in California, that would be different. Most wild cal kings in California are banded BUT there are different locales where striping occurs frequently and in those areas you can find aberrancies (other than banded or striping), basically a mixture of the two.

Today I would not call a striped cal king aberrant as they are found in the wild that way in certain locales and striping is a dominant gene and can be fairly predictable. Aberrancies on the other hand are not predictable BUT are fun to work with!

IMO, someone can have a banded cal king, a striped cal king, or an aberrant cal king (not counting recessive genes). Now there are a lot of names associated with aberrancies, but in reality they are ALL ABERRANT.

Cool cal king BTW and you could have fun breeding it.

Kerby...