I have been studying kingsnakes for two years now and from all my reading and surfing i have yet to hear of a South American Kingsnake. The article dug up by AzureN1ght clearly shows a banded cali king, if indeed that is the snake in question. I thought the shop owner would have been able to tell the press that it was a cali king, seeing as the shop he owns specializes in reptilesOriginally Posted by AzureN1ght