You're welcome!
Yep!, looks like you figured it out okay..LOL!
When you first saw the snake in the first photo, did you think it might have been a very dark(melanistic) example of the revered Outer Banks kingsnake?..
I was fortunate enough to have mine breed this year, and the female is now VERY gravid indeed!
~Doug

Here is my aberrant/striped male

smaller male "backing-up" the other aberrant/striped male to help ensure a fertile clutch.

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 



