This is not my photo, but was in a local classifieds ad.
It is being touted as a Scarlet King, and I'm relatively sure it is no such thing.
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What Species?
Raveness_d
Nov 05, 2010 07:49 PM
Replies (2)
johnthebaptist
Nov 05, 2010 10:01 PM
Looks like a red milk snake(Lampropeltis triangulum syspila) I could be off. not a Scarlett king i can tell you that much.
DMong
Nov 06, 2010 10:33 AM
LOL!!,....
Yeah, that is basically a MSP(milksnake phase)thayeri(Nuevo Leon kingsnake)phenotype. Now it could possibly have some slight influence from another of the mexicana complex however though, as they are commonly crossed in the hobby now days, but the general phenotype(physical look) is definitely that of L.m.thayeri.
Boy!, it never ceases to amaze me what some folks misrepresent things as in snake ads..LOL!
That is the furthest thing from being a "Scarlet king". Here is a Scarlet king I had many years ago that was part of my breeding collection.
As you can plainly see, that snake is nothing CLOSE to being a Scarlet king!
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 
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