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[ZEROPILOT]

This is one of two snakes that hang out by my fish pond. One is a bright gold Everglades Rat snake and I HAD thought that this one was a black rat snake.
But now that I've had a better look....it looks like a California King to me.
Any input?
I live in south Florida and this snake has been here for years.

 

[keepergale]

It's a Kingsnake but I am not sure it's a California king. The banding looks a little like a eastern king but not what I would expect in Florida.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Looks like a cal. king to me. I'm thinking an escaped pet.

 

[keepergale]

I consulted my Common Kingsnakes book. Brian Hubbs is the author.
I don't know where in Florida you live but his book show large areas of intergrade between Lampropeltus g. floridana and L.g.getula

 

[Tom]

That is not a Cal King. Pattern isn't right. Certainly could be some sort of hybrid. Sorry, I only know a few of our native snakes.

 

[Pearly]

He/she was docile enough to be handled like that??! Wow! Pretty snake for sure. Does it feed on your pond fish?

 

[ZEROPILOT]

It feeds on rats that come to the pond via mango trees.
I live in south east Florida

 

[Rue]

Nice! And I'm so glad you've had them around for years! That's so exciting and cool!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

They are very helpful

 

[Pearly]

It feeds on rats that come to the pond via mango trees.
I live in south east Florida

I know exactly where Sunrise is. It's South-West from where I used to live. So if he/she feeds on rats than this is pretty much symbiotic relationship. Give the snake a name and consider him yours