Turns out there have also been a couple accounts of amel nigra being captured in the past. There was also a guy named Jarrod Greer who stated that an adult male amel was captured in Greenup, Kentucky back in 1992. It was given to a local collector who kept it for several years, then later released it onto his large farm property. Greenup, Kentucky is in pure nigra territory where there is no other getula influence for well over 100 miles to the east.
I also found an old Lloyd Lemke photo of a normal and amel nigra photographed coiled next to each other in Hubbs' getula book. The snake looks pretty convincing to me, as it is a white snake with some yellow stippling being visible on the lateral and ventrolateral area of the body as is typical of many normal nigra.
Anyway, lots of things can happen, and are possible with all animals. Many people that are virtually unknown to the mainstream hobby have more than likely found all sorts of interesting, bizarre snakes in the past, only the rest of the world isn't aware of it.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 
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