A purple king?

I just stopped by my local reptile/fish store to pick up some feeder rats. While waiting I took a look at there snakes and saw what looked to be a purple motley/striped king snake. I asked the lady working there what morph the snake was and all she said was that it was a king snake but didn't know what kind.

So now I must know... I've never seen a king look anything like that! Was tempted to buy it since it was so awesome and different looking, but pushed myself out the door before giving it a second thought.

Sooo anyone know what kind of morph of king snake this may be?

Like this? http://www.amazonreptilecenter.com/popup.php3?id=2787

Sort of, tho a bit darker and hardly any yellow. Wish i had gotten a picture of it but I didnt have my camera on me. Maybe I'll go back on my lunch break tomorrow and snap a pic of it. I'm thinking it may be a king cross.

albino banana king? http://www.bcsnakes.com/AlbinoCalKingB.JPG.htm

I think that may be what it is. Stunning looking snakes!

The links that Cassandra posted show what I imagined when reading your post. I've also seen them called lavender albinos.

Another possibility if it was much darker is that it was one of the brown phase snakes instead of the better known black ones. Sometimes the brown can have a sort of purplish cast to it.

EDIT: Oops, you posted while I was typing, so I guess it wasn't one of the brown ones.

Did a google search and this is just about exactly what it looks like

(the bottom one)
http://www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com/trip07-2-1.jpg

Lavender King :confused:

Maybe something like this

She is a Lavender just hard to tell as this pic make her looks more like an albino

She is lavender with thine yellow banding and dark purpleish eyes (just hard to capture)

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...vCalKing_1.jpg

Beautiful Deb! Is that yours?

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Originally Posted by lillyorchid

Beautiful Deb! Is that yours?

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Yes I bought her from BHB in Daytona last year, and this year I plan on getting her a boyfriend :D

There are some super cool albino and regular forms of Cali kings...=)

I don't know much about kings but WOW they do have some neat colors! I'm still thinking of getting that one from that reptile store.

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Originally Posted by lillyorchid

I just stopped by my local reptile/fish store to pick up some feeder rats. While waiting I took a look at there snakes and saw what looked to be a purple motley/striped king snake. I asked the lady working there what morph the snake was and all she said was that it was a king snake but didn't know what kind.

So now I must know... I've never seen a king look anything like that! Was tempted to buy it since it was so awesome and different looking, but pushed myself out the door before giving it a second thought.

Sooo anyone know what kind of morph of king snake this may be?

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Very nice little dot-dash albino Cali it would appear to be.

I live out in California and once saw a blue rattlesnake!!! It was the most bizarre thing! I was working at a winery and unfortunately a worker killed it with a shovel. It was an amazing thing to see though.

I asked the local reptile rescue what could have caused it and she said the only thing she could think of would be if its main food source ate a high volume of grapes (coincidence?) or blackberries.

Weird stuff!

Well Deb, I contacted Brian at BHB. LOL I'm going to get one when they are ready to go. ^^

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Originally Posted by lillyorchid

Well Deb, I contacted Brian at BHB. LOL I'm going to get one when they are ready to go. ^^

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You will love it, kings and other colubrids are great snakes.

Can't wait to see some pics.

Yeah I just got my first colubrid, it's a lavender albino king! I love him and i need to find a girlfriend for him. I was shocked at how easy they are to care for compared to my BP! They are beautiful too