Applegate Special Arizona Mountain King Snakes
(Lampropeltis pyromelana woodini)

These are some of the prettiest and most docile King Snakes in herpetoculture today. The Applegate Special trait is actually a form of Hypomelanism which can greatly reduce or eliminate the amount of black seen between the bright red bands and the cream to white bands. The amount of black is also reduced on the head as well. This reduction in melanin cleans up the red pigmentation yielding a very high contrast bright red and bone white animal. We also produce normal looking Arizona Mountain Kings that are 100% het. for the Applegate Special trait.

Black Phase San Luis Potosi King Snakes
(Lampropeltis mexicana mexicana)

We purchased a few pair of Black "mex. mex." from Ric Blair a few years back and have been very pleased with these different looking Mexican Kings. We don't produce many babies as our females are still on the small side. Black Phase "mex. mex". start out looking like normal phase animals of this species but as they mature the grayish ground color between the brick red bands starts to turn from gray to black. This heavy black "tinting" really accentuates the red banding producing a very high contrast animal. Black Phase "mex. mex." are small-to-medium sized Kings and are extremely well mannered.

Blue-Eyed Blonde California King Snakes
(Lampropeltis getula californiae)

Blue-Eyed Blondes are one of the more interesting Cal King morphs around today. These animals exhibit a rare form of Hypomelanism which washes away the dark chocolate brown ground color of the Coastal Phase California King. The resulting ground color has a pleasingly rich, "Café Au Lait" look to it. This recessive genetic trait also brightens up the mellow yellow overlay of banding and transforms it to a more intense bright yellow in some specimens. As these animals reach adulthood the iris surrounding the pupil of the eye also changes to a nice shade of midnight blue. Our stock is comprised of pure San Diego County lines from Vivid Reptiles.

Lavender Albino California King Snakes
(Lampropeltis getula californiae)

Another long term breeding effort that has produced color enhanced animals is our Lavender Albino Cal. King project. We started out with a normal Lavender albino female who was very pretty and bred her to high yellow albino male (see image). We had heard that some lines of Albino Cal. Kings were not genetically compatible (breeding produces no albinos) but took a shot at breeding these two animals together. The breeding was successful and sure enough.no albinos were present in the 8-10 egg clutch. What we actually produced were normal looking double het. Albino/Lavender Albino babies. We sold most of these off and kept a pair back for future breeding. The first breeding of the double het pair took place in 2005 and produced some interesting hatchlings. The most notable at the time was a Blue-Eyed (iris), very light phase Lavender albino. Normal Lavender albinos and possible double hets. were also produced in that clutch. As these babies began to grow into their first year our gaze was diverted from the Blue-Eyed male to the Lavender male as his Lavender color became amplified. His yellow banding became extremely bright. As this male was approaching the edge of breeding size in early 2007 we decided to brumate him and try to breed him back to the double het. adult female. The breeding was a success and exceeded our expectations. We love working with double het. animals!

Locality Lemon Speckled King Snakes
(Lampropeltis getula holbrooki)

A new addition to our King Snake line is our locality specific Lemon Speckled King Snake project. Our breeding stock is from Harris County Texas and was collected by Scott Wahlberg. Scott collected specimens of this group from one specific field, sometimes the same pile of boards, over a period of five years. The last animal was collected just before the onslaught bulldozers. Our adults exhibit intense yellow coloration on the face, chin and belly. Body speckles are very lemon yellow. We consider ourselves to be very fortunate to be working with such special animals. Thanks again Scott!

Outer Banks King Snakes
(Lampropeltis getula "sticticeps")

We were instantly impressed with Jim Kane's Outer Banks King Snakes the very first time we visited his website back in the late 1990's. Jim had a phenomenal collection of these Hatteras locality animals. Looking back, we were lucky to pick up a pair of gorgeous OBK yearlings prior to his exit from the retail reptile business. Initially thought to be a relic intergrade between L.g.getula and L.g.floridana, these animals are indeed special and possess a great disposition for a medium sized King Snake. Our OBK's can be highly speckled at birth, but we have also noticed that speckling also develops with growth. Some hatchlings can be difficult to start on pink mice, other eat live pinks the first time offered. On the finicky ones we just usually wait them out.they eat eventually. Some stubborn hatchlings require scented pinks the first few feedings and switch to unscented quickly.

South Florida Brooks King Snakes
(Lampropeltis getula floridana)

Our breeding trio is from the Steve Osborne bloodline and was purchased from Dave Boyle. All three animals are double het. for Snow. Snows basically lack black, yellow and red pigmentation. Statistically, one out of sixteen eggs should hatch out a Snow. The other fifteen animals will be a mixture of Axanthic (poss. Het Lavender Albino), Lavender Albino (poss. Het. Axanthic). This breeding also produces normal looking animals (poss. Het Axanthic & Lavender Albino).

Lavender Albino Brooks King Snakes
(Lampropeltis getula floridana)

Lavender Albinos, especially those produced from double het. breedings, can be extreme orange in their coloration. These animals turn into outstanding adults.

Snow Brooks King Snakes
(Lampropeltis getula floridana)

Pre-breeding conditioning of the females is one of the key factors in producing a Snow. Heavy feeding of healthy females well before brumation and again after brumation puts the odds in the keeper's favor as this leads to high follicle commitment and a large clutch of eggs. We produced our first Snow (male) from a very large clutch in 2005.