Using that logic you could say that any type of snake could be a hybrid. I know of people (they shall remain nameless) that have sold hybrid grey bands that I am sure got put back into breeding with other grey bands. I also know of some hybrid redtail boas that looked just like regular redtails and I bet that those went on to be bred to pure redtails. Can any one know for sure that any of their snakes are pure? Unless you collected the snake your self from the wild the answer is no. You know how many people sell locality grey bands that are not actually locality? A lot, I know that these are not hybrids but if you are in to locality it can be just as big of a problem if you want pure locality snakes. The fact is yes the corn snake gene pool dose have some hybrid blood in it and yes so dose a lot of other snakes gene pools the only difference is that the corn snake world is willing to admit it and people who breed other snake types are not willing to even listen to anything that has to do with their snakes being hybrids. Now this post is not meant to start any problems but to inform people that this is not just a problem in the corn snake world but is a problem in the whole world of snakes. On a side note I do worry about the whole ultra being from grey rats thing, 4 years ago the mere thought that it was from a hybrid line would have been enough to keep most breeders away, this bothers me because a lot of breeders are crossing it in to all of their lines and if it is proven a hybrid there will be a lot of corns out there that will be hybrids but sold as pure.

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