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Nigra or Splendida?

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Went to the petstore today, only intending to get some mousecicles, mind you. :cool: Happened to look at the herps, just for kicks. Saw this pretty little girl, displayed as a "cross kingsnake". Sure looked to me like a (Nigra) Black Kingsnake! Well, I got the mousesicles - and the King! :thumbsup:

So I posted some photos on "another forum" crowing about my new Black King. Low and behold, a reply comes..."Looks more like a Splendida..." Errr...Hmmm... :uhh:

Anyway, I got out Conant and Collins - I still think Nigra - but? :confused:
So (hopefully) heres some pics - Anybody wanna hazard an ID?

Thanks Bunches,

John D
 

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Splendida!

I took a closer look at FATTY.

She has a mostly black belly with yellow blotches on the sides, 23 dorsal scale rows, a row of dark spots along each side, and 46 or 47 well defined crossbars.

These characteristics are all consistent with Splendida. I believe my initial ID was a case of "Seeing what I wanted to see"! She superficially resembles the race of Niger from SE Tennessee that I am familliar with. These often have noticeable crossbars (supposedly due to genetic influence from Getulus).

As to the snake, she is a copious musker, and a bluff striker. She settles down quickly in my hand, but still musks when touched. I never thought I'd say this about a Splendida, but she is a real beauty! :)

Regards,

John D
 
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