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#2049026

Lins51387
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Black and White Milk Snake?

Well, I wanted a Tri-Coloured Milk Snake, but it was sold. So I now have my eye on a bold Black and White banded one. I was just wondering if it was a Milk Snake. Thanks!

08/01/09 07:03am

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Message To: Lins51387 In reference to Message Id: 2049026

Sounds Like . . .

A California King snake to me, but I’m not an expert . . . an anerythristic milk snake? I suppose it possible; anyone else? Regular black milk snakes are tri-colored when they’re younger . . .

08/01/09 02:33pm

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Message To: Concolor1 In reference to Message Id: 2049155

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I don’t think there are any pure black & white milksnakes. An anerythristic milksnake would not be black & white only. It also gets grayish or pinkish banding. Search for anery Honduran milksnakes on the net and you’ll se what I mean.

08/01/09 04:10pm

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Message To: Peter54 In reference to Message Id: 2049192

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Hmm, I searched up California KingSnake, but there’s too little white in it... Maybe they loose a bit of the white in age?

08/01/09 09:20pm

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Message To: Lins51387 In reference to Message Id: 2049330

Not Sure About Losing the White . . .

How about this one?

http://www.hastingsreserve.org/herps/HerpPics/KingSnake.jpg

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The band on that one are considerably narrower than on this one . . .

http://sousaweb.com/news/Images/KingSnake.jpg

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I suppose, though, now that I think about, an Eastern King Snake (a different subspecies than the California King) is a possiblity . . .

http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/snakes/lamget.htm

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And thanks for that information on what an anerythristic milk snake would look like... Seeing a picture helped my see the wrong direction I took with my thinking . . .

Good luck. Any chance of getting a picture? Be a nice snake to own, regardless, as long as it has an appetite.

08/02/09 03:44am

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Message To: Lins51387 In reference to Message Id: 2049330

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California kingsnakes comes in dozens of different color combinations. A pure 50/50 deser phase has as much white as it has black, and there are a few morphs with more white than black too.

Here’s a pic of my 50/50 desert cali male

08/02/09 04:21am