Isn't this a picture of the male you offered? If so, then definitely not a Ruthveni. Valuable lesson to be learned here, actually two. Always ask as many questions as you can before buying so that you feel comfortable in what you have purchased. Secondly, always represent the animal you sell for exactly what it is, in this case you were unsure, so I would have sold it as "hey, I have no idea what I bought, but it is a definite Pituophis and probably a hybrid". Unfortunately somone out there now has what they thought were pure northerns and have probably a hybrid that will further cloud the lineage of another species, not a good thing.



As far as the person with 20 years experience, did you ever show them a photo of the animal or just describe it to them? Northerns do have a good deal of yellow to some of them, but it is a wheat yellow or buff yellow, not vibrant highlighter pen yellow.





Whole situation is unfortunate, escpecially the Ruthveni being tied to it, at least they weren't sold as Ruthveni to someone.

dc

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