>>3. There is also the theory that captive adults don't make the transition well and large numbers of babies must be released for a breeding population to survive predication and the learning curve to recognize the alien concept of cold and how to avoid it. Was there any documentation on the genetic outliers on what time of year they where caught?

I don't *think* they mentioned anything about that, but I'll take another look.

>>Sure it�s arguable if there actually are any intentional captive releases but if there are do they make it through even one winter and breed?

Dunno! But there's not a whole lot of learning going on with a snake, so I would *assume* that they could survive better on instinct than species that depend more on parental care as young'uns.
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0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (Arco, Olho)
0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (Coatl)
2.7 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, Uce, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

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