What is this?

[Tyler99]

Ok, I am trying to help someone out. They bought this snake from a petstore and it wa sold to her as a corn snake. I think its a kingsnake? any ideas??

[Tim_Cranwill]

An Albino Cal King.

[peterm15]

the real ? is did you get ripped or did you get a better deal...

[Tyler99]

See, thats what I thought it was. thanks for the help.

[Katt]

I believe it's an albino jungle corn. Albino cal kings do not have "saddles". As well, the head is not typical round cal king head.

Jungle corns are a hybrid; they are crosses between corn snakes and california king snakes.

[Pangeascreature]

I produced 45 albino cal kings in 2004. About half looked just like that cal king. As for the albino jungle corn, i have not seen that hyprid.

[vanderkm]

Would have to go with Katt on this one - the yellow banding on pure cal kings typically extends all the way to the belly which is also yellowish. This guy has the bands joined to side stripes that connect along his length and the narrow bands also seem to extend accross the belly.

In my experience, though limited, this is more typical of jungle corns (a cal king crossed with cornsnake). Not all albino jungles have the typical orange saddles and some can look a lot like pure cal kings. This would also explain why someone said it was a cornsnake - the use of the name 'jungle corn' often implies that these are just a color vareity of cornsnake and not a hybrid.

The head shape on this guy is also longer than a typical cal king. Maybe Mark Isbell will offer an opinion - he has likely seen more of both cal kings and jungle corns than anyone else here!!

mary v.

[Katt]

I don't own albino jungles, I have seen plenty, but I have produced normal jungles. Mark IsBell gonesnake has a lot of albino jungle corns and could post some to show how they compare to the one above.

Considering it was sold as a corn, good chance it's a jungle corn. A good shot of the head would show, as cal king heads are pretty distinct.

The narrowing of the neck, the pointedness of the snout and the saddles, tell me it is a jungle corn.

[Manitoban Herps]

I am thinking it's an albino cali king, but the care is the same for the king and the corn, so read about both of them.

[beardieguy]

I have a albino jungle corn and I am going to have to go with Katt as well. Mine has the same shaped head and body simularities.

[beardieguy]

here is a pic.

[jungle_man86]

if u realy want to find out what it realy is drop a corn snake in the tank and see the snake reacts to it. if it trys to eat it u know it has king snake blood. try it