My first king

[Skits]

I was given a king snake today from someone who wanted to use the terrarium for rats instead of a snake. I think the snake is a bit on the chunky side but him being my first king, I'm not too sure. He's gorgeous though, I never expected to own a king as I'm not too fond of most I see but I'm starting to like them a lot more. He's incredibly tame as well so I'm happy. He's in a bin for now until next week. I still haven't found him a name. :p

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[marvelfreak]

Wow he is stunning. What kind is he?

[GarterPython]

He looks amazing...absolutly stunning.

[Skits]

Thanks :)

And I'm not too familiar with the kinds of kingsnakes, I was told he was a "brooks king snake" but he just looks speckled to me.

[TremTricolors]

Thanks :)

And I'm not too familiar with the kinds of kingsnakes, I was told he was a "brooks king snake" but he just looks speckled to me.

He's actually neither he is an Apalachicola King Snake Lampropeltis getula goini And a really nice example of one! Congrats on that pick up. They are found in a small part of the Panhandle of Florida

They also call them Blotched Kings as usually they have blotches on them you have the Patternless or Striped version of them.

[marvelfreak]

Thanks :)

And I'm not too familiar with the kinds of kingsnakes, I was told he was a "brooks king snake" but he just looks speckled to me.
That's what i was thinking it looked like.

[Skits]

Thanks :) I've been getting so many opinions on what he might be, and google doesn't help with dozens of different colored morphs to each. Do kings have a certain belly pattern to each species?

[TremTricolors]

Thanks :) I've been getting so many opinions on what he might be, and google doesn't help with dozens of different colored morphs to each. Do kings have a certain belly pattern to each species?

Here's a link to check out about your snake....

Apalachicola King (http://www.sunshineserpents.com/King%20Snakes/Apalachicola%20King.htm)

[Skits]

Thank you :) The patternless one does look exactly like him.

[Jlassiter]

nice patternless Goini!.....

BTW....he is not fat at all.....looks healthy to me....

[unknownclown]

very nice!

[Toronto1977]

Love the look of this King :)

[Frozenflame]

That is the most unique king snakes ive seen so far.. hes quite the eye candy :D

[a153fish]

That's a good looking Goins! A patternless, or maybe even a striped one. They start off with more pronounced striping as babies then it blends together, but I can still see a slight stripe down his/her back. They are very husky snakes, he looks good.