Please try to understand this. Stillwater Hypo is not a locality reference. It looks like a locality reference but it is not. It may have once been a locality reference, but pretty much everyone who knows pits know that it isn't any longer.



Stillwater Hypo is the term the hobby has adopted for a more or less specific appearance resulting from a simple recessive gene. If you leave "Stillwater" out of the description, you are left with just "hypo", which is generally thought of as regular or normal hypo, which is a different appearance resulting from a different gene. So to accurately refer to the animal in question, you MUST call it a Stillwater Hypo.



Is Stillwater Hypo a great name? No. Many here are aware that the locality of the originating snake was fuzzy to begin with. Since it showed up at a roundup it may have been collected 50 or 100 miles away. And the hypo part of the name seems kinda weak as many of these snakes have substantial amounts of black. Nevertheless, it is the name that has become established. If you can think of a better one and think you can get the entire hobby to switch to it, go for it. And then you can take on "milksnake". Or, you could just dish out some more crap directed at Jonel. Incidentally, I don't know Jonel but I got a Stillwater Hypo from him a few years ago, direct from the Ginter line.

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