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Not a big fan of cross breeding, but was wondering what would be the result of union between corn and yellow rat. Could this happen in the wild as their paths certainly cross in some areas?

It can, and does happen in the wild from time to time, but not as often as one might think.

For many many years, I've been a strict advocate of keeping snake species/ssp. as pure as humanly possible, and NOT as "MIXED-UP" as humanly possible, like many others seem to do in the hobby today.

If it happens in the wild, so be it, that's nature.

best regards, ~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Doug,
I'm all for nature's best as well, that is why Okeetees and normals will always be my favorite corns. Not saying the other morphs aren't beautiful, just my opinion. I was just curious, as I know some corns have other rat blood in them. And I have been looking more into the yellow rats.

Thanks for your reply. Always look forward to reading your words of wisdom on here.
Joel.

I appreciate that, but I'm certainly not saying I don't like cornsnakes that aren't morphs, or any of the other morphs in other species as well, because I certainly do like a some of them, and have quite a few. My point was that I like the snakes(morph or not) to be of "pure" snakes(as defined by taxonomy), and that I don't care for snakes that are hybridized, or captive intergraded, or that have gotten a particular genetic trait from a totally different type of snake(deceptive trickery), then "back-bred" several generations to more closely resemble the "targeted" species/ssp. of snake intended.

As for you liking nice Yellows, I would certainly agree, as a matter of fact, I think the central east coast of Florida has the absolute purest form of these.

best regards, ~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

In the beginning sentence!,...."D'oh!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Anytime I see a corn snake in the wild with distinct quadrilateral stripes down it, I cant help but wonder how they got there, either by natural selection/mutation or crossing over with something else like the yellow/glades rat.
N.E. North Carolina has some really striped, but FUGLY looking corn snakes, and no real presence of strong yellow rats in the area, however the greenish rats do exhibit striping.....so, I'll leave it at that.
I personally am not convinced of what causes the greenish rat to exist, but thats for another thread, not this one.
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Tom

"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"

I too favor the purest corns possible. I dont like hybrids and never have even since I got started in this hobby. Jungle corns, I will admit are the only corn snake morph I dont like, simply because of the fact it's so Hybridized. I dont mind natural hybrids as much though. I'm a big fan of making stuff resemble nature as much as possible. I will not keep anything that wasnt produced by two species that come in close contact in their natural range. That being said, I'd like to see a yellow rat and corn mix. Should be interesting!
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