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... i have been thinking i was going to figure this out on my own but at last i must ask. what does it mean when somebody says that thier snake is a f1 or f2? i was hoping some one else would ask sooner or later. but i guess i am the only one.thanks jason wilson

F1 first generation from wild, F2 second generation from wild and so on...
for example, a WC pair of kings....breed them....offspring are F1s
Breed those babies.....thier offspring F2
There are of course much more detailed ways of explaining this with better terminology and more descriptive examples but this is the "jist" so to speak

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thanks for the info
jason

If I were to post pics of a snake and say, "This is so-and-so, my F1 generation such-and such."

I would mean that it is of the first Filial generation. Filial meaning a "son or daughter of". So in terms of captive bred offspring it generally means the first generation of offspring produced from the wild collected stock, or parents.

F1 means first generation...
F2 means second generation, and so on.

Does that help.

yes thanks. now i am in the loop lol
jason

Originaly the F-1, F-2, F-3, etc. system was used for W.C. generated generations but now it is used for various C.B. projects by many herpetolculturists.