New Brooks King

Ever since seeing pics of Brandon Osbourne's "bone white" Brooks, I've been wanting one. I didn't get to get one from that line yet, but a friend of mine had a nice adult male for sale and I went ahead and purchased him to see how I like the species. So far so good... what a nice snake and very charming!

Here's a mediocre photo of a really cool snake.
http://www.lunarboids.com/galleries/...i/brooksi1.jpg

VERY nice....

..I was actually just lookin ok KS and saw an adult male for sale. I might be sparked!!! lol

Nice Rap! He's sick looking!


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Nice pick up. I've been looking at colubrids a lot lately, especially kings. I liked this site a lot better when it was all about balls. Now I'm having all kinds of cool stuff shoved in my face, taunting me. :D
*Gets out the Need To Buy list*

Sweet pick up. He's a proper little looker.

Nice pickup Diana! It's great to see you've found the king of snakes...and that be brooksi. lol. I used to have 50 of them.....50 cages of poop every day. lol. Here is another one I drool over. He just doesn't know what to do with girls though.
http://www.brandonosbornereptiles.com/anery2.jpg

Brandon Osborne
www.brandonosbornereptiles.com

Beautiful kings!

o lawd i likey

Poop every day huh? Niceeee.....

Thanks for chiming in. Love the animal in the photo, isn't that one crossed with another species of king? My friend that I got mine from keeps saying he might have some chain king blood in him but she's just guessing from the way he looks... what do you think?

I don't really see any chain king influence. Looks like a typical floridana to me. Not quite what most would consider a "brooksi", but a nice floridana. You can have light and dark animals from the same clutch.....in most cases. Certain lines will throw the best of the best. Regardless, they are fun snakes to keep, and total garbage disposals. There's a reason I've been keeping them from almost 20 years. lol.

Brandon

p.s. I almost forgot. The male I posted is a cross between an axanthic brooksi and a goini. Both are types of florida king, but considered different ssp. (floridana X goini/meansi). He is the only one in existence that I am aware of. Out of over 40 eggs, he's the only one I've hatched.... and I've had 100% fertility from all clutches. If the adults ever reproduce again, I should be in for a jackpot.

ok so are floridana and brooksi two separate subspecies? I need to do some research...

No, they are the same. They used to have sub-specific status, but it was changed around 15-20 years ago. The name brooksi is overused by most dealers, and keepers for that matter. True brooksi come from the canals in south Dade County, although there are plenty of bright/light color animals found all over. They are the same but different....if that makes sense.

Brandon

Cool snakies, guys! Anyone have any pics of their white side they can share? I was drooling over some babies at BHB's booth at NARBC Anaheim yesterday...so nifty. =)

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Originally Posted by Brandon Osborne

No, they are the same. They used to have sub-specific status, but it was changed around 15-20 years ago. The name brooksi is overused by most dealers, and keepers for that matter. True brooksi come from the canals in south Dade County, although there are plenty of bright/light color animals found all over. They are the same but different....if that makes sense.

Brandon

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So what do you think would be the most correct thing for me to call this snake and what is its genus and species name? Thanks :)

Diana, the most correct term would be Florida king, or lampropeltis getula floridana. Floridana are floridana, and brooksi are floridana. lol. Does that make any better sense. I could go on, but it really doesn't matter much anymore. Enjoy your king and grow him/her big.....they have great potential. I've had a couple near 6' and thicker than a Redbull can. If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll do my best to help.

Brandon

So it's like Columbian vs Central American BCI... something along those lines? Ball pythons are so simple..... no one really working with different locality types that look different from each other... no subspecies... haha. I'm still working on learning all the Boa constrictor subspecies and localities for each, and morphs for each... just haven't gotten into the kings yet but now that I have one it's something I'll have to do. :P