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mex mex X mex greeri

boppe Apr 07, 2007 09:33 AM

Hi! I'looking for pictures of this hybrid..

somebody could help me?

what could be the results from these snakes?

my greeri:

my mex mex:

thank you,
boppe

Replies (4)

shannon brown Apr 07, 2007 12:17 PM

here's a idea.Get rid of the hybrid and find another pure mex mex and make some babies.

Shannon

Patton Apr 08, 2007 02:37 PM

Hell, I'll even buy your Greeri and give you two Mex-Mex, just to sweeten' the deal. That is a very nice "wild type" Greeri, very dark bands. Your Hybrids would probably look very similar to the Greeri and maybe a few would look like your Mex-Mex. The problem is that the next person that you sell the babies to would probably forget all the details of the breeding, and sell them as watever species they resembled, and for two species that will have no more new blood coming into the country, why F-up the gene pool! Your need to breed, could have huge, unintended, consequences down the road!
-Phil

boppe Apr 08, 2007 06:47 PM

infact I think that I will buy one male mex mex and a greeri female...no hybrids for the moments...

sell my male greeri?oh no,it's a present from my girlfriend...I couldn't.....and I am from Italy...it's a little problem.

so it's a typical wild type..thank for the info...I WAS confused by the enormous variability of thayeri..thank you so much!

Patton Apr 08, 2007 09:31 PM

Sounds great! Do not confuse Thayeri with Greeri or Mex-Mex.
They are currently listed as three different sub-species.
Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri- Variable Kings
Lampropeltis mexicana mexicana- San Luis Potosi King
Lampropeltis mexicana greeri- Durango Mountain king
-Phil

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