With all this talk about hybrids had me thinking. There is really no groupings or sectors distinguishable by all hobbyist. Especially by newbees. Grayband locality enthusiasts seem to micro manage the locality of their animals to the exact cut or corner of road or Mountain. Triangulum locality collectors seem to Label by certain areas, Cherry County, Lyon County,etc. But, all in all the whole locality seem to be working towards the micro managing of the Grayband enthusiasts way of labeling their animals.



My thoughts are when do locality animals become generic? F3 or higher? Also, can you take a Cherry County Multstriata from one breeder and another from another breeder and label the offspring as Cherry County Multstriata?



You have pair of WC snakes, with a very distinguishable trait from the normal phenotype. Is taking the best of the F1 offspring of a locality pair and then breeding them. Then taking the best of F2 offspring and breeding them. Can we actually call the F3 locality animals "Locality"? Even though they are very distinguishable from the original animals? When would it be considered a "line bred" animal?



Just a few thoughts on the labeling of locality animals. Can't wait to hear what everyone has to say on this.



Also just wanted to touch on the post below on hybrids, I think Terry had a great post and couldn't agree more with his standing. I am not a true locality collector (L.alterna X L.alterna = L.alterna, whether or not if it was from the same cut or Mtn.) but over time the natural appearance of snakes is better than any manmade hybrid in my opinion. To each his own, but I think all we ask is that if you are going to take two different ssp. "Please Label Them Accordingly".



Hope everyone is having a great year, whether locality or hybrid and please stand together to make sure that our children's, children can enjoy this hobby just like we are.








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Jimmy Tintle

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