Thursday, April 14, 2011

Florida Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula floridiana)

The Florida Kingsnake is a subspecies of the Common Kingsnake. They happen to be one of the most popular species of kingsnake, unfortunately only in the pet trade. The reason is because these snakes have are really only abundant south of Lake Okeechobee. Some causes would be habitat loss, field collecting, and people just killing every snake they see. Florida Kingsnakes are true beauties just the way they come. Here is an average Florida Kingsnake.

Like a lot of baby snakes, some babies hatch out at an abnormal color. Here is a hatchling that has a dominant high red. As this snake ages it will lose that red, but be a good colored adult nevertheless.


Now personally, I don't like morphs, but some I don't mind. In my collection, all snakes are welcome to be honest, anybody who has any unwanted kingsnakes, I always enjoy working with those amazing snakes.