Grey-Banded Kingsnake - Domestication

Domestication

Grey-banded kingsnakes are commonly kept in captivity and are fairly easy to come by in the exotic pet trade. Due to their relatively small size, calm dispositions, and astounding array of pattern variations they are frequently captive bred. Many breeders of alterna are strict about keeping locality bloodlines pure, and will only breed snakes from the same region, though, as market demand decreases this is becoming less and less important to some breeders. Cross breeding with other species of kingsnake, like the Neuvo León Kingsnake, L. mexicana thayeri is fairly common as well.