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Archive (read-only): Viewing posts from 2010.
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Kingsnakes (snakes of the genus Lampropeltis) are new world colubrid snakes inhabiting North and Central America, encompass a wide variety of sizes and color variations and are often referred to in literature as natures "living jewels" because of their sometimes strikingly beautiful coloration. Found in a variety of habitats, kingsnakes are often actively collected by hobbyists for study and captive breeding and in some regions their collection is a popular activity, though often regulated. Kingsnakes use constriction to kill their prey and tend to be opportunistic when it comes to their diet, including venomous snakes, lizards, rodents, birds and eggs, as well as siblings and littermates. The "king" in their name (as with the king cobra) references their taste for other snakes. In captivity kingsnakes normally take pre-killed rodents. Most sub-species of kingsnakes are available today as captive bred specimens. If you are a new user to this forum, please take the time to review the rules first before posting.
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Damnit. Something's wrong
by varanid - Oct 18, 2010 09:11 PM |
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Oct 23, 2010 08:16 PM by amazondoc |
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Thermostat probe placement
by bakeaway - Oct 18, 2010 05:50 PM |
7 |
Oct 19, 2010 12:23 AM by mbrawley |
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Email Down- Mike Bodner
by pikiemikie - Oct 18, 2010 03:44 PM |
1 |
Oct 18, 2010 11:23 PM by pikiemikie |
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Mosaic Cal. Kings ?
by denbar - Oct 16, 2010 07:15 AM |
0 | No replies |
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Greenish Thayeri mix
by a153fish - Oct 15, 2010 12:05 PM |
11 |
Oct 24, 2010 12:58 AM by Jlassiter |
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Nigrita still getula?
by Jonasgn - Oct 15, 2010 11:41 AM |
79 |
Oct 18, 2010 11:45 PM by rtdunham |
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My Own Not-a-SNAKE pic! LOL!
by pyromaniac - Oct 15, 2010 09:58 AM |
7 |
Oct 19, 2010 07:34 PM by varanid |
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Anery Cal Kings
by tortoiseguy65 - Oct 15, 2010 09:36 AM |
19 |
Oct 19, 2010 02:17 PM by Brandon Osborne |
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Brumation and Photoperiod
by pyromaniac - Oct 15, 2010 09:31 AM |
3 |
Oct 15, 2010 03:43 PM by Jlassiter |
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2012 Mex Mex Breeders....
by Jlassiter - Oct 14, 2010 08:51 PM |
7 |
Oct 19, 2010 01:44 PM by Aaron |
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Widdle rabits at Petsmart
by rbichler - Oct 14, 2010 07:39 PM |
4 |
Oct 15, 2010 09:27 AM by Jlassiter |
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New pyro
by Bigtattoo - Oct 14, 2010 06:00 PM |
10 |
Oct 16, 2010 06:35 AM by pyromaniac |
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King snake info
by KingDome - Oct 14, 2010 12:35 PM |
9 |
Oct 14, 2010 08:08 PM by DMong |
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NARBC houston halloween who's comin
by thomas davis - Oct 14, 2010 11:00 AM |
4 |
Oct 15, 2010 12:19 AM by thomas davis |
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My Own Not-a-King pic! LOL!
by pyromaniac - Oct 14, 2010 07:51 AM |
22 |
Oct 15, 2010 09:38 PM by trevid |
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Update - Nose Rubbing Zonata
by arkanis - Oct 13, 2010 11:45 PM |
3 |
Oct 14, 2010 05:18 PM by arkanis |
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Another One Of Those Not-A-King pic..
by trevid - Oct 13, 2010 09:28 PM |
4 |
Oct 14, 2010 10:53 PM by PHFaust |
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Cooling Concerns
by Zach_MexMilk - Oct 13, 2010 12:02 PM |
10 |
Oct 13, 2010 07:49 PM by Zach_MexMilk |
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Black Is Beautiful
by trevid - Oct 12, 2010 11:22 PM |
3 |
Oct 13, 2010 09:16 PM by trevid |
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Kingsnake-like...OT
by Jlassiter - Oct 12, 2010 09:46 PM |
25 |
Oct 26, 2010 03:41 PM by antelope |
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Getting my kings switched over to F/T.
by JNReps - Oct 12, 2010 07:17 PM |
3 |
Oct 15, 2010 07:28 PM by markg |
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watch for this on tv
by peters - Oct 11, 2010 01:06 AM |
3 |
Oct 12, 2010 01:54 AM by arkanis |
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Where is Rainer???
by Jlassiter - Oct 10, 2010 11:39 PM |
5 |
Oct 12, 2010 06:59 PM by Jlassiter |
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five Baby Pyros
by pyromaniac - Oct 10, 2010 08:11 PM |
15 |
Oct 12, 2010 01:30 PM by rtdunham |
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Some head shots (no flash)...
by ZFelicien - Oct 10, 2010 04:16 PM |
15 |
Oct 12, 2010 08:51 PM by ZFelicien |
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Striped Knoblochi?
by pyromaniac - Oct 10, 2010 09:09 AM |
1 |
Oct 10, 2010 05:38 PM by Jlassiter |
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Feeding hatch-ling cal kings
by snakekate - Oct 07, 2010 05:40 PM |
7 |
Oct 09, 2010 09:45 AM by pyromaniac |
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question about doubl clutching L. greeri
by wohlerswi - Oct 06, 2010 11:04 PM |
67 |
Oct 14, 2010 11:50 AM by Tony D |
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Blizzard/ Snow Cal. Kings
by Joe K. - Oct 06, 2010 03:48 PM |
1 |
Oct 06, 2010 07:03 PM by Kerby... |
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Kings shutting down earlier then usual?
by Zach_MexMilk - Oct 06, 2010 03:13 PM |
12 |
Oct 10, 2010 03:03 AM by varanid |
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Update on Chricahua and other Pyros
by pyromaniac - Oct 06, 2010 08:45 AM |
5 |
Oct 09, 2010 12:44 AM by mrkent |
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Not Kings But Still Cool!
by pyromaniac - Oct 05, 2010 05:41 PM |
3 |
Oct 05, 2010 06:48 PM by DMong |
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Unusual WC Speckled King-PIED????
by lizardlance77 - Oct 05, 2010 12:12 PM |
4 |
Oct 10, 2010 07:04 PM by Jlassiter |
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FaunaClassified Database Error
by pyromaniac - Oct 05, 2010 10:01 AM |
3 |
Oct 05, 2010 04:05 PM by Jlassiter |
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Help with nose rubbing zonata?
by arkanis - Oct 05, 2010 01:11 AM |
9 |
Oct 06, 2010 06:06 PM by pyromaniac |
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A Soggy Night
by pyromaniac - Oct 04, 2010 06:53 AM |
0 | No replies |
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Not many of these getula around.....
by Jlassiter - Oct 03, 2010 09:01 PM |
5 |
Oct 04, 2010 07:08 PM by Jlassiter |
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Sick Alterna? Need Help and Opinion.
by TonyT89 - Oct 03, 2010 12:38 AM |
16 |
Oct 04, 2010 11:57 PM by DMong |
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feeding snakes snakes....
by Nokturnel Tom - Oct 02, 2010 07:42 PM |
5 |
Oct 03, 2010 01:06 AM by RossCA |
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Sick zonata, HELP!
by Ryan_Sikola - Oct 02, 2010 04:15 PM |
23 |
Oct 09, 2010 08:41 AM by pweaver |
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What Cal king morph is this?
by RossCA - Oct 02, 2010 01:28 PM |
13 |
Oct 04, 2010 06:30 PM by RossCA |
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I guess I finally found ....
by a153fish - Oct 02, 2010 02:49 AM |
34 |
Oct 04, 2010 10:14 PM by DMong |
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The Hypo-E Male Mex Mex is Lightening Up
by Jlassiter - Oct 01, 2010 09:28 PM |
5 |
Oct 02, 2010 11:15 AM by Jlassiter |
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Chiricahua Sisters
by pyromaniac - Oct 01, 2010 05:16 PM |
22 |
Oct 05, 2010 09:55 AM by pyromaniac |
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Beating the Heat
by pyromaniac - Oct 01, 2010 08:06 AM |
0 | No replies |
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"Swamp Loggers" tv show and chain king
by rtdunham - Sep 30, 2010 09:58 PM |
19 |
Oct 04, 2010 06:33 AM by pyromaniac |
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Sulfur Lavs for Foxturtle
by Nokturnel Tom - Sep 30, 2010 05:26 PM |
18 |
Oct 03, 2010 10:52 AM by DMong |
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Sneezing snake
by texasviper619 - Sep 30, 2010 05:07 PM |
2 |
Oct 01, 2010 05:30 PM by markg |
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Is it just me ...
by Tony D - Sep 30, 2010 02:33 PM |
6 |
Oct 03, 2010 12:23 PM by Tony D |
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Update on Communal Experiment
by pyromaniac - Sep 30, 2010 09:42 AM |
3 |
Sep 30, 2010 09:42 PM by DMong |
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You Just Can't Let Go All Your Babies...
by trevid - Sep 29, 2010 10:33 PM |
10 |
Oct 01, 2010 02:15 PM by trevid |
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Just a really cool pic.
by mbrawley - Sep 29, 2010 05:03 PM |
5 |
Sep 29, 2010 05:58 PM by mbrawley |
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Lavender Snow - Purple Passion Cal King
by Nokturnel Tom - Sep 29, 2010 01:32 PM |
18 |
Sep 29, 2010 08:31 PM by JTColubrids |
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An old getula...
by Jlassiter - Sep 28, 2010 10:25 PM |
8 |
Oct 01, 2010 10:25 AM by Jlassiter |
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cleaning glass tank
by fliptop - Sep 28, 2010 08:17 PM |
9 |
Sep 29, 2010 07:25 PM by fliptop |
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New rack I built...
by a153fish - Sep 28, 2010 05:25 PM |
52 |
Sep 30, 2010 03:38 AM by DMong |
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Odd king?
by snakekate - Sep 28, 2010 01:04 PM |
3 |
Sep 28, 2010 04:48 PM by DMong |
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scarlet kingsnake babies
by zazenkikai - Sep 28, 2010 10:55 AM |
1 |
Oct 20, 2010 10:40 AM by zazenkikai |
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Desert King question
by MissHisssss - Sep 28, 2010 01:58 AM |
7 |
Sep 29, 2010 11:42 AM by DMong |
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A couple favorites from this year....
by Jlassiter - Sep 27, 2010 10:24 PM |
0 | No replies |
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Cool pics of some of the rarer kings
by jeff schofield - Sep 27, 2010 08:55 PM |
18 |
Sep 28, 2010 05:18 PM by DMong |
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Thankfully there are ice pcaks,,,
by bakeaway - Sep 27, 2010 06:25 PM |
25 |
Oct 01, 2010 12:48 AM by varanid |
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Where's Rainer??
by yerger1 - Sep 27, 2010 03:43 PM |
4 |
Sep 30, 2010 06:53 PM by PHFaust |
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a yearling brooks female
by DMong - Sep 27, 2010 01:16 PM |
14 |
Sep 28, 2010 05:28 PM by DMong |
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ETHS this past w/e
by thomas davis - Sep 27, 2010 10:43 AM |
1 |
Sep 27, 2010 06:46 PM by Jlassiter |
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California Kings hatched!
by irvington - Sep 26, 2010 08:05 PM |
13 |
Sep 28, 2010 07:56 AM by irvington |
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Some Sulfurs
by Nokturnel Tom - Sep 26, 2010 06:55 PM |
3 |
Sep 26, 2010 08:39 PM by Jlassiter |
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Sweet Lavender
by Nokturnel Tom - Sep 26, 2010 06:21 PM |
5 |
Sep 28, 2010 07:57 AM by a153fish |
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Goini X Brooksi pics
by Nokturnel Tom - Sep 26, 2010 05:46 PM |
0 | No replies |
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My Communal Experiment
by pyromaniac - Sep 26, 2010 10:01 AM |
24 |
Sep 27, 2010 07:28 PM by pyromaniac |
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Couple of Black Gap Alterna...
by Jlassiter - Sep 25, 2010 10:07 PM |
2 |
Sep 27, 2010 03:04 PM by Jlassiter |
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Patternless Blaze Goini X Project
by mfoux - Sep 25, 2010 05:20 PM |
2 |
Sep 26, 2010 03:16 PM by a153fish |
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Return of a king...
by CrimsonKing - Sep 25, 2010 04:03 PM |
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Sep 27, 2010 01:49 PM by CrimsonKing |
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Now for something different!
by a153fish - Sep 25, 2010 04:11 AM |
7 |
Sep 26, 2010 04:16 PM by a153fish |
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Blotched Kings
by Regius71 - Sep 24, 2010 08:45 PM |
12 |
Sep 27, 2010 01:01 AM by KevinM |
