that many/most/any of the hypo campbelli are not derived from "pure" animals? I put pure in quotations because it seems to have many meanings in the herp hobby world. Even when working in the field the idea of purity can be questionable (intergrade zones, species that appear to be phenotypically similar but are genetically different, etc). I too have talked to Rob from Bayou Reptiles and here is what he had to say:



"I got these snakes from Tim Ricks. They were from seemingly normal Pueblans. We grew these babies up and produced 3 hypos out of a 7 egg clutch. While all of this happened, Tim got rid of all his pueblans. The guy that bought them didn’t really pursue figuring out which were the carriers(it consisted of quite a few snakes). We have since bred them into nice Apricot lines which produce very nice offspring."



Either way work with what you like and be as involved as you can in conservation efforts because regardless of the purity a snake looks the best when it is crawling around in habitat!



BTW I now own DNiles pueblans, they are fun to work with and produce beautiful babies.

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