...size DOES matter...

I'm considering a king/milk purchase. I've decided i'd rather buy one that would grow to 5 feet, rather than a smaller more colorful one. From what i've seen and read, hondurans, black milks, and florida kings can get pretty long and heavy bodied. Am i missing any? Anyone out there have experience with these snakes fully grown? Who has the biggest king or milk?

black milks can get well above the 5ft mark. I have personally seen a 7ft + specimen. (just in case the 5ft thing was your ideal size)

You listed Blacks and Honduran's, that leaves probably only Andean Milks, as the bigger ones.

how big do Andean Milks get? What do they look like? i want the biggest king or milk.

http://www.vpi.com/5VPIBreeders/Ande...nMilksnake.htm

The information I had was that the Andean is generally considered the biggest. However Dave (Barker, the link Harald gave) lists the Black as getting 6" bigger. That may be because the captive bred lines of the Blacks are genetically a bit longer than the Andean lines. So it's a toss up really IMO. Check the link, it has the info, and photos of both the Andean, and Black Milk.

I think Black Milks are the biggest of all the Lampropeltis on average. They commonly hit 6' and no other Milk or King can lay claim to that as far as I know. This is a 7'+ animal that resides at the San Antonio Zoo and is the founder to most Black Milks out in the market.

Pardon the thread bump, but if that snake is 7 feet, then that dude must be really fraykin tall!!!