This is the problem with hybridization. After a while, people don't know what things are a just make up names for them by looking at a few pictures in a book.



Chris,

The "problem" is we don't need hobbyist falling into the same mudhole as the academic sector. I understand that all of us cannot be experts in every area, so please do not try and spread rumor and conjecture that can be misconstrued and influence an untold number of people who will never know any better.



1) If you have to look the snake up in a book you are already in trouble with identifying the snake. If look the snake up in a book wouldn't it be more more prudent to key the animal out since it required looking up a pic in the first place?





2)Any snake can be misrepresented by a seller. Whether hybrid, pure, locality specific, captive born, wildcaught ect ect.



There have been a lot of posts on natural hybrids, intergrades and more recently some post by FR about the splendidas. If someone purchases, collect or breeds a snake you will run into a problem if he does not know what it is and sells it as whatever on the internet. Even morphs like ghost and snows are mislabled. So you see the "problem" is not hybrids but all snakes.

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