I think you'd have to figure it's more likely to be a real persicus morph than any other choice. The piebald trait shows up spottily in various species. So finding it is always a possibility. I think it would be extremely dificult to hybridize a pericus with even a closely related ratsnake (longissimus or situla) and expect the result to both look like a persicus and express the piebald trait. And in order to do this you would need a piebald longissimus or situla (I've never heard of any).

And for what reason? Even though the persicus species is a very nice ratsnake if you already had a piebald of a similar species there's no big advantage in having a piebald persicus instead of a piebald longissimus or situla.



But the easiest way to get info on this is to write to Robert Seib. I'm sure he'd tell you about the origin of the trait.

Regards

John

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