Big Floridas

[Stefan-A]

My biggest is about 35-36 inches right now. I'll have to measure her after the next shed, which will be sometime next week.

[enigma200316]

Wrong subspecies, Justin.

yes, but it is one of the Florida veriety, and can be just as big if not bigger...........

[Stefan-A]

Well, it's from Florida, but it's not the same thing. "Florida Blue" is a variety of the subspecies T. sirtalis sirtalis, T. sirtalis similis is a different subspecies that lives in the Florida region. Sorry if I'm stating the obvious here.

Of course I'm probably wrong, but I got the impression that similis is one of the smaller subspecies.

[enigma200316]

yes I know, however they are commonly mistaken for each other........
and as for the size, sirtalis average:20-28in. with the record of 48.75in.
and the similis average:20-26in. with the record of 39.25in....I do understand what your saying Stefan I'm just stating that there both in Florida and the related size between them.............

[GarterGuy]

Yeh, I'm thinking I might have to rethink my garters I'm getting to include something with some size to it. Maybe a pair each of the florida sirtalis and melanistic sirtalis.....I do love black snakes too.

[ssssnakeluvr]

well....hopefully the male eastern I have is het for melanistic....and breeds with the melanistic girl.... he is from the same area that the melanistics are found. he's possibly het for it according to the guy I got him from....has had several het melanistics from there.

[CrazyHedgehog]

My big Florida Blue, this is spice


and this is Big Mamma

[Stefan-A]

They sure look massive. Weight and length?

[drache]

wow
they look big
more big than blue actually - is that just the photo?
I mean - are they bluer than they look on the photo?

[enigma200316]

either you have tiny hands or those snakes are huge.........