Thank you all very much. Now I understand! No hobbyist can be 100% sure about the genetics of a cb pet-bred L.triangulum, due to generations of (ignorant or test-) crossings between subspecies / localities by pet breeders. The only way to be more sure would be getting a wild caught individual from the native area, with a very typical native phenotype. Yes?



I examined my other "wanna-be-hondurensis" -female (a few years younger than the polyzona-phenotype -male). Her markings are more hondurensis-type I have seen in Swedish breeders (in shape and width) but there are also lots of black tipping all over, and the yellow bands are slowly turning to black also. Therefore, she is not a typical hondo either, am I right? Oh, dear...



Anyway, I won't put them together. If I want to have a litter from the male, and looking like him, I will try to find a polyzona female. I know there's no certainty, actually no chance the babies are even near "pure" polyzona, but that way I won't do more harm mixing the phenotypes of two subspecies. This is the least I can do, with the knowledge that propably most of the pet snakes can have a ssp-mixed origin, in various amounts, and the pure genotype of a subspecies/locality cannot be proved. This is sad.



This has been very interesting and I have opened my eyes. I am sorry for the bad english . Thank you all. - J

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