Oh, I totally agree with the both of you about hybridizing but since the Tangerine Honduran and the Nelson's are both Milk Snakes, namely Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis for the Honduran, and Lampropeltus triangulum nelsoni for the Nelson's my question to Terry initially was if there would be any problem physically in breeding a Tangerine Honduran 50% het for Albino to an Albino Nelson as a test breeding to test the Honduran for the actual presence of the Albino gene. I was asking this because I have two Tangerine Hypos 50% het for Albino and there is not really a way that I know about to find out if either one of them actually is het for albino except by test breeding (unless both of the Tangerine Hypos are actually het for Albino and I would breed them to each other). For me personally the most economical way to test breed for the Albino gene would be with a Nelson's Albino for $100 versus an Albino Tangerine Honduran for probably about $700.

On a side note, where does the HYBINO fit into the discussion about hybridization, since there are obviously no HYBINO's in the wild? I may be wrong, but didn't the Tangerine Honduran get it's Albino gene from the Tri Color Hondurans initially and that cross was later outbred?

Maybe we could expand on that a little?



Thanks,



Rob.

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