I agree, and I think we should start with what we know. For instance, I know my female erebennus came from Deano and my male came from Carl (Dryguy). So the way I'll track mine is DA x CG, then the babies will be A/G stock. My female's specimen number is DCEF01DA, the male is DCEM01CG, the offspring will be DCExxxA/G. IF I got another female Tex from, let's say Chuck Elliott (just an example..), her number would be DCEF02CE. The offspring from her and my male would be DCExxxG/E. That way I can always tell from the specimen number what the lineage is. I do all of my breeding projects this way. Of course, there is an assumption (unavoidable) that Dean's stock and Carl's stock are not directly related. I will never do true F1 breedings (sibling x sibling) or Parent x F1. If I had 2 females, and 1 male, I might consider breeding a male from one clutch back to the other parent female.



As far as hybridization or intergading, that is something that I would never even consider, especially with Drymarchon. If I'm not reasonably sure that the bloodline is as pure as can be expected, they will not be bred. In some cases, I'm not sure it really matters much. For example some of the "Blacktails" that are out there (I have a couple), are most likely an intergrade between melanurus and unicolor anyway. They are more like Browntails. Still, I will stick to breeding the ones that look alike. If they are Browntails, I will breed them with Browntails and call the babies such. In that case, I will just say that I am unsure of the lineage. As far as crossing a Texan with a Uni, or Texan with rubidus or anything like that...it should never happen.

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