I started a new thread since the topic of the thread below has kind of turned in a different direction.
I appreciate the quick responses everyone gave. I tend to agree that the chances of a Peruvian X Suriname cross are nearly 100% but I have the sneaking feeling that anyone involved in such a cross or with knowledge of it having been done either didn't see this thread or they felt that it would be best if they didn't reply to it.
As far as my beliefs (and that is exactly what they are - MY beliefs, not necessarily YOUR facts) go, I agree that most any cross of B.c.c. to anything else really isn't going to improve upon what is already out there. I do recall seeing pictures of a Suriname X Hypo B.c.i. cross and I did think that those babies were pretty nice looking. I probably wouldn't have done the cross myself but once the babies are here there is nothing that can be done about it so a person may as well accept them and (if they can) attempt to find some beauty in them.
Keeping the localities separate is one thing I do strongly believe in, but I was just curious as to whether the cross I mentioned had ever been done. It seems to me that those people out there that do cross B.c.c. into something else tend to use Suriname localities the most - which might be saying something about Surinames in general.
As far as the Suriname vs. Guyana debate goes, I know it will never REALLY be put to rest. Personally, the way I look at it is that snakes do not know, understand or care about political borders or lines drawn on a map. I tend to think that Suris and Guyanas are pretty much the same thing. If people want to label the purple/dark ones Guyanas and the light/clean ones Suris - then so be it.
Since animals of both appearances are found and exported from both countries, one way to possibly settle the disagreement would/could be simply to agree (as a community) that
1.) They ARE the same locality.
2.) Instead of looking at the country of origin as a classification as the animals worth, look at it as a simple descriptor. Example: You import a dark purple "Suri" from Suriname - let's just call it a Guyana. Not because it actually came from there but because we as a community already tend to accept the definition of a dark purple Suri/Guyana as a "Guyana" the same could be said for light clean Guyanas - just call them Suris - not because they are from that country but because they fit the accepted description.
3.)In the end, instead of worrying about classifying Suris and Guyanas according to their (hoped for and disputed) country of origin, we could "lump" them together as the "Guyanese Sheild" shield locality and then accept the fact that there exist two different "looks" to this one locality. Peruvians have various "looks" to them, but we all accept them as Peruvians... right?
I don't know, this is just my opinion and if I missed something, somewhere, please fill me in. Maybe I'm not seeing the whole picture (beyond the economic reasons, of course).
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I'm still not sure if it's weird that my best friend is a two year old boa named Ronin. He's quiet, non-judgemental and listens... what more could you want?
