Kingsnake.com - Herpforum - RE: leucy texas or black

Posted by: DMong at Tue Mar 25 23:48:45 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]

Actually, that's a VERY GOOD question!,........I'd need serious convincing that ANYONE can `"really" tell the difference, the meristics and scalation are virtually identical in every respect. I hear about some saying that they can tell the difference by the width of the head, etc........at the very best scenario, this might be considered an extreme generalization, but the idea doesn't hold too much "water" with me in any positive identification.

I've heard about the "Ohio" story and all too, but by now, CERTAINLY if there "WAS" a pure leucistic obsoleta at one time, it would have, for the most part, been introduced to each others lineage already, be it by mistake, or otherwise. I just don't see much of a way around that. Heck, there's enough misidentification going on today as it already is, with all the hybridizers mixing every type of animal they can get their hands on, MUCH LESS a white snake that cannot be discerned at all from the other.

And THAT'S only if you subscribe to them being different in the first place. What if there was a leucistic Black/Texas intergrade?,....... can ANYONE tell me with a straight face that they can tell any difference whatsoever.

See what I mean here?........unless someone KNOWS for certain that a specific animal came from an extremely far, opposite range from one another, who could say?.......Now, there could VERY well be some out there in the hobby, this is very probable, but where EXACTLY are all the leucistics from that are scattered throughout the hobby,..........one thing's for certain, I could not tell you.

best regards, ~Doug

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