Mountain Kings!

Beside my interrest in all that venomous stuff, I do have a passion for harmless, but beautyful kingsnakes, especially California Mountain Kings.
I'm keeping 3 different subspecies at this time:
Lampropeltis zonata pulchra, San Diego Mountain Kingsnake, breeding of 2nd generation right now
Lampropeltis zonata parvirubra, San Bernadino Mountain Kingsnake, breeding first time right now
Lampropeltis zonata agalma, San Pedro Mountain Kingsnake, juveniles, captive bred in Germany.
and (pretty soon Very Happy

) Lampropeltis zonata multicincta, Sierra Mountain Kingsnake
some pictures:
Lampropeltis z. pulchra, adult male
Mountain Kings! Pulchr10

Lampropeltis z. parvirubra, gravid female, just started its pre-lay shed.
Mountain Kings! Parvgr10

Lampropeltis z. agalma, juvenile 07
Mountain Kings! Agalma10

I just love them, even they've been told to eat small Rattlesnakes sometimes. Mad

Hope you enjoy it.
Greetings from Austria
Peter

Awesome snakes Peter!

I also have a weakness for Lampropeltis. Indeed for the Chihuahua/Tarahumara Mountain Kings.

Here´s a pic of my L.p.knoblochi´s... its not so easy to make a good picture of them in that terrarium.

Mountain Kings! Knoblochi_becken03

Hi Christian
I used to keep pyromelana as well, but gave it away recently, because I was afraid of the "zonata virus", carried sometimes
by pyro's. Pyromelana's living well with it, but its's absolutely lethal in zonata's.
Cheers
Peter

ups... more infos at the snakehospital please peter, i have some pyros here from you... so keep talking my friend

mario

Yeah, never heard about that problem. Please tell us more

Stay cool, man, no problem with your pyro's. Little is known about this virus (if it's a virus at all), and as far as I know, there has not been any case
in Europe recently. I just wanted to be on a very safe side, due to my increasing zonata collection.
I'll try to post some Links in the snake hospital.
Peter

Update:
6 eggs heve been laid by my L. zonata pulchra F1 female yesterday, quite a good clutch the first time.
I' waiting for more eggs from the F0 pulchra and the parvirubra female, both of'em exploring the wet box right now.
Peter

Ahhh those beauties!
I'm still on my way to get my wife to the point of acceptance to buy one or two milksnakes ... there would be place enough in our house and my passion for snakes is definitely rising and rising ...
Last weekend I raised a "test balloon" and told her that I'd bought one when she came home. The reaction was not that embarrassed as I thought it would be and I look forward to someday be able to get a snake without an immediate divorce threat *LOL*

lol

i am in the philippines today Günter...
my wife said me, or your snakes (but i have to say i had them already! even before i know here!) well, i am going to miss you was my little reaction..

cheers
Mario

*LOL*

I'm not that far right now - as long as she is nice and friendly to me ;-D

I guess she knows, she won't be able to avoid a snake ... she can just win a bit of time.

Hello Guenter
I hope You'll bring your wife with you in summer, we could work together desensitizing her to snake-fear or antipathy.
Works very well with juvenile tri-colored Kingsnakes.
By the way, the female Lampropeltis zonata parvirubra delivered a clutch of 5 fine eggs, the F1 pulchra surprised me with a giant clutch of 10 eggs.
If everything goes well, there should enough of'em beeing available in late summer, Guenter.
Cheers
Peter

Oh wow, Peter ... this could work ;-)
And if it would - I'll definitely take Your offer.
Sure I will take her with me ... we are 14 days in Feld am See, so there is plenty of time ;-)
Cheers,
Guenter

Wow awesome Lampropelts ssp. =) ... I have also a Lampropeltis, it's a sinaloae
these guys are realy nice speciments and easy to keep.

@Christian: Nice enclosure and nice animals as well =)

best regards

Manuel

Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae inhabits the coastal plains and foothills of Sonora, Chihuahua and Nayarit, it's not a montaneous species and not a member of the Mountain King group which includes zonata and pyromelana, but a Milksnake.

Cheers
Peter

Oh ... sorry ... my english is not the best so I just took this synonym. Now I try to make no more faults

Thanks for correcting

No problem, Daniel, we all are making faults. I did my last one here today forgetting the most important mexican state in explaning the range of triangulum sinaloae: of course it can be found in Sinaloa too, somehow the most important state, which has motivated the author to it's subspecific name.
Cheers
Peter