As far as TOTAL genetic purity, you're right. But the hets will give a good indication. I was living in Ohio at the time, and knew the guy, saw the snake AND the resulting hets-which were identical to any normal Ohio black rat snake.

Doubtless a lot of "mixing" has occurred since then, but if the hets from a line look like black rats, and not Texas rats, then they probably are at least "mostly"blacks.....
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

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• Blotchless "Orange" Rat Snake ... - FRoberts, Sun Mar 23 11:32:40 2008
• RE: Blotchless "Orange" Rat Snake ... - DMong, Sun Mar 23 11:47:30 2008
• OMG doug.... - FRoberts, Sun Mar 23 12:53:14 2008
• RE: OMG doug.... - DMong, Sun Mar 23 14:37:35 2008
• leucy texas or black - ameratsnake, Sun Mar 23 14:44:24 2008
• Doug... - FRoberts, Sun Mar 23 18:11:14 2008
• RE: Doug... - DMong, Sun Mar 23 20:33:27 2008
• Thanks I hope so n/p - FRoberts, Mon Mar 24 05:53:28 2008
• RE: leucy texas or black - DMong, Tue Mar 25 23:48:45 2008
• good point - ameratsnake, Thu Mar 27 17:33:05 2008
• RE: leucy texas or black - brhaco, Thu Mar 27 18:22:20 2008
• RE: leucy texas or black - DMong, Fri Mar 28 00:22:04 2008
• not a rat, not a rat, but............... - ameratsnake, Sun Mar 23 14:51:25 2008
• RE: not a rat, not a rat, but............... - DMong, Sun Mar 23 20:25:10 2008
• RE: Blotchless "Orange" Rat Snake ... - STEVES_KIKI, Sun Mar 23 12:52:52 2008
• Thanks.... - FRoberts, Sun Mar 23 12:57:02 2008
• RE: Thanks.... - STEVES_KIKI, Sun Mar 23 13:04:01 2008
• even though I do not have one... - FRoberts, Sun Mar 23 13:17:35 2008
• RE: even though I do not have one... - STEVES_KIKI, Sun Mar 23 13:37:41 2008
• lol........ - FRoberts, Sun Mar 23 18:22:02 2008
• also.... - FRoberts, Sun Mar 23 13:20:07 2008
• RE: also.... - STEVES_KIKI, Sun Mar 23 13:43:55 2008
• she's a cuttie n/p - FRoberts, Sun Mar 23 18:17:23 2008