I think the best way to assign them would be "captive produced cross", while occidentalis and imperator do not intergrade in the wild naturally...they are no more a hybrid than the columbian x red tail "intergrades" that are being produced. One might say that since the above ssp. do intergrade in the wild that they would be a "natural" breeding but this occurs only in specific areas with specific populations...so the animals you are going to produce are as "natural" as someone breeding a redtail of unknown locality with a colombian also of unknown locality.



Some people who bred Diamond Carpet crosses would "justify" this (since they would never own one of those terrible hybrid animals) by stating that the cross happened in the wild, all this of course was a joke because the snakes used were of unknown origin and could be of populations hundreds of miles away from where the natural intergrade zone exists.



I don't know of any "rules" as to the order in which the names are listed but it is most common to see the more expensive of the two parent animals listed first fo some reason....how often do you see Ball X Angolan crosses or Carpet X Diamonds...I never really noticed it before until thinking over your question....



Horridus

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