>>...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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>DR
>>Suboc.com



now I'm a fan of some "hybrids" (I use the term hybrid loosely for my corn/emoryis) but I just don't think anything mixed with a suboc would look right. Some snakes just should not be mixed.
Thanks for the information.
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Draybars Snakes

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• Corns Hybrid to a Trans Pecos Rat snake? - HerpZillA, Fri Aug 22 17:07:21 2008
• RE: Corns Hybrid to a Trans Pecos Rat snake? - wisema2297, Fri Aug 22 18:53:02 2008
• RE: Corns Hybrid to a Trans Pecos Rat snake? - jyohe, Fri Aug 22 19:23:25 2008
• RE: Corns Hybrid to a Trans Pecos Rat snake? - HerpZillA, Fri Aug 22 21:36:36 2008
• RE: Corns Hybrid to a Trans Pecos Rat snake? - HerpZillA, Fri Aug 22 21:39:41 2008
• RE: Corns Hybrid to a Trans Pecos Rat snake? - FunkyRes, Fri Aug 22 21:51:53 2008
• Now that is interesting. - HerpZillA, Fri Aug 22 22:12:20 2008
• Not gunna happen - mike17l, Fri Aug 22 22:42:01 2008
• LOL see thats what I heard. - HerpZillA, Fri Aug 22 22:57:44 2008
• RE: Not gunna happen - FunkyRes, Fri Aug 22 23:33:43 2008
• Thats to funny - HerpZillA, Sat Aug 23 01:44:31 2008
• Speaking of Jurrasic Park - FunkyRes, Sat Aug 23 02:28:05 2008
• I loved seeing the Albino Nelson's... - dustyrhoads, Mon Aug 25 13:12:50 2008
• And is 100% infertile. - mike17l, Sat Aug 23 11:10:19 2008
• RE: And is 100% infertile. - FunkyRes, Sat Aug 23 12:00:09 2008
• RE: And is 100% infertile. - FunkyRes, Sat Aug 23 12:15:43 2008
• OK 99.99% - mike17l, Sat Aug 23 15:08:35 2008
• Even so.... - mike17l, Sat Aug 23 15:21:36 2008
• But what is most important is - HerpZillA, Sat Aug 23 16:33:41 2008
• RE: Even so.... - FunkyRes, Sat Aug 23 20:30:54 2008
• RE: Even so.... - draybar, Sun Aug 24 09:05:20 2008
• Subocs have 4 more chromosomes than Corn - dustyrhoads, Mon Aug 25 12:56:33 2008
• Thanks for the help - HerpZillA, Mon Aug 25 15:45:29 2008
• I agree - FunkyRes, Mon Aug 25 19:18:43 2008
• RE: Subocs have 4 more chromosomes than Corn - draybar, Mon Aug 25 17:21:21 2008
• agree np - HerpZillA, Mon Aug 25 17:35:04 2008