I actually spent the night in his herp room, hahahahahahahaha Those animals were popular way back then. My guess is, they were what popularized Fla kings.

In 1970, I started working at Ross Allens Reptile Inst. Back then people brought in snakes from all over the south. We had to buy everyone. No matter how many or what species. We paid a price per foot on some and a set price on others.

A Fla king was brought in from just south of Silver springs. IT was an adult female and was, hypo like the Brooks and kept its red from when it was a neonate. Lots of red on its belly, and neck and back. I bred that animal to a normal and all the offspring were normal. The institute released them all. hahahahahahahahaha

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