Tony this is a good example of what purists commonly call a generic snake. A generic snake is a) any mixed locality snake of known origins that fall within the range of a particular species or subspecies.

b) any snake of unknown origin that has no known hyridization or intergration and phenotypically appears pure.



These definitions allow people to label pure-looking snakes as generics with the understanding that there is always a possiblity of undetectable historical hybridization. I did not invent these definitions. They were in common usage among all the locality breeders that I know of a long time ago. I believe I was the first person to formally post them but as I said every purist or locality breeder out there pretty much understands that the bar for generics is set a little lower than for locality specifics. No purist or locality breeder I know would 'call out' a phenotypically pure looking snake as long as the person having it made it clear that it was a generic. It is only when funky looking stuff gets posted that purity is questioned in generic snakes.

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