No, most people do not assume that. Most fairly people are already very aware that wild populations of any animals have gradually evolved over many millenia to become their own entities, and of course are always changing just as everything else in the universe does. this is just common sense understanding of the natural world. That has absolutly nothing to do with the topic here of purposely crossing two VERY different types of snakes in a basement. I see alot of talk here about how genuine/authentic species/subspecies are often misidentified, which of course is VERY true, and I see this all the time as well. So that really only goes to prove that man-made crossed specimens that are mixed composits would be FAAAR more often misidentified, sold and perpetuated in the hobby. Now someone tell me this isn't so??



It's almost as if some here are stating that just because many snakes in the hobby are already questionable, or some get misidentified at shows and pet stores, etc..., then it's quite okay and great to do their best to make more undiscernible crosses for everyone to wonder what they actually are. Like the "if you can't beat'en, join'em" type of thing.



Also, I see so many people twist the inaccurate term "pure" all out of text in an attempt to justify creating their purposely-made crossed snakes. For the record, no animal(living organism) is actually "pure" like a virgin laboratory chemical would be, but they absolutely can be termed "authentic" or "genuine" forms in the center portions of their many ranges throughout the world.



All I know is that whatever types I ever start with and breed, they will never just magically become an entirely different composite of snake from knowingly tossing them together with a totally different species/ssp., whether they be genetic mutations, or wild phenotypes. Even if it is 20 years later, they will still remain the same basic subspecies I started with minus of course the selective-bred equation.



In other words, I seriously doubt any half-way experienced people will ever look at them and wonder what the hell they are.



As Terry Dunham stated earlier, it's really about what we breed and offer to the public that will in turn be what those people will be breeding when they mature.







~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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