So, at best this is 1/4 "bumble bee", right?



Also, the tree with the nice pictures is great. BUT, it is still only as reliable as the persons doing them. Anyone can manipulate the pictures into any organization they choose to. Sure, it may help but there is still no guaranty that some fraud will not happen.



I do not want to start a rant here but, no matter what a person does to legitimize a locality critter or offspring it will always boil down to whether or not people trust what they are being shown or told. A person's integrity is a very important part of this whole equation. If you loose people's trust, you will have a tough row to hoe from that point on.



Looking back over the past couple of questionable locality issues, I believe that this forum and the experience of the people here have been the correct way to debate this issue. Alternas have become a popular specie to work with and this specie will eventually go the same way Red Ratsnakes and Honduran Milksnakes have gone. Sooner or later the only alterna that will look like true "locality" snakes will be the wild caught snakes. I am seeing pictures of snakes from breedings that I have NEVER seen the likes of in wild caught snakes from the locality they are supposed to be. I have bred locality snakes and I have never had offspring that looked totally different from the parents. Seeing triple triads on "locality" Hueco alterna offspring? Something up there!



I think we all want to make the "best" looking alterna ever. I do not have a problem with that. BUT, for crying out loud, lets play fair and honest.



BTW, I am in no way questioning anything about the integrity of D.S. or his intentions with this posting. I am speaking in general.



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