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dustyrhoads
at Mon Aug 25 12:56:33 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by dustyrhoads ]
...Snakes do. Not just two, as someone had mentioned. Subocs have 40 and Corns have 36. Heck, even the only congeneric to TPRSs, Bogertophis rosaliae, has a different karyotype than its closest relative (B. rosaliae has 38 chromosomes). To my knowledge, there has never been a hybrid Suboc.
One of the reasons you can't use ex-situ conservation techniques to breed intrageneric (Castor) Canadian and European beavers, for example, is because they have a different chromosome count. And I'm sure, at this point, there have been a few people who have tried to breed subocs with other snakes and tried in vain.
I've been asked to breed TPRSs with Bajas (not sure that I ever will or even want to)...I think, if Subocs have ANY chance to hybridize, it'd only be with Bajas. Bajas are the only other colubrid with lorilabial or subocular scales.
DR Suboc.com
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