Adam, the entire hobby that is into the "Honduran" morphs that are actually various mixes of polyzona X stuarti X hondurensis is exactly the best example of what Doug is talking about. When is the last time you saw either a pure Sinaloan or Nelsons?

Granted, the snake was called exactly what it is.........some sort of manmade cross....two forms that would never even meet in the wild. And this owner was identifying it as such. The problem is that others may try and pass it off for what it appears mostly to be.

Again, look at some of the "Honduran" morphs. You can pick some out that are phenotypic polyzona, some that are phenotypic stuarti, etc. Yet the owners/breeders are quick to call them "Hondurans" instead of mutts.

What ever happened to the days when you could actually get a pure Latin American milksnake subspecies? Doug is right. At some point all you'll need to do as far as labelling your hatchlings at expos is just put the word "SNAKE" on the deli cup.

Scott

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