First let me say it is very nice to hear the opinion of the big breeders like you and Frank on this issue. I am curious to know what Rich, Jeremy, Pete and others think.

Now a few questions.
Is the naming of a new morph the right of the producer of the first snake if it is born dead?

How should the first snake be docummented; in this case Justin notified other people but should a public notification be required to acknowledge the producer of the first snake?

Finally, and this is more of an opinion question, do you favor the use of unique names for morphs or more generic descriptive terms like snowghost. I ask this because you have been fortunate through your hard work to be in the position to name a number of morphs and have used both descriptive and unique names and I wonder if there is a guideline you follow?

The boa world will probably produce a number of new combination morphs in the next few years and it would be nice to have these issues clarified so this kind of problem can be avoided in the future.

Bill Kirby

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• A little levity regarding naming... - Tracy Barker, Sun Apr 9 10:34:39 2006
• Tracy, was it Tip Powers? I know......> - Brocks Boids, Sun Apr 9 12:22:00 2006
• What is the protocol?..... - kirby, Sun Apr 9 12:27:54 2006
• RE: Micheal, Bill, Brock, Tray..... - Jeremy Stone, Mon Apr 10 00:19:27 2006
• Thanks Jeremy... - michaelburton, Mon Apr 10 09:06:43 2006
• Hi Jeremy... - Rainshadow, Mon Apr 10 09:55:20 2006
• RE: Rainshadow... - Jeremy Stone, Mon Apr 10 15:05:40 2006
• *LOL*,yes,me too! - Rainshadow, Mon Apr 10 15:28:42 2006
• We are fortunate enough... - ChrisGilbert, Tue Apr 11 11:29:19 2006
• Thanks Chris... - Rainshadow, Tue Apr 11 12:48:16 2006
• I am very interested..... - michaelburton, Sun Apr 9 18:05:26 2006