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So what you breed a black with a borneo and now you can call the babies leopard bloods.I don't believe these are true leopards, I have only seen one or two pictures of them and these don't even seem close.They were posted recently on the classifieds.What do you guys think about these. Later, Ethan

Is that what a Leopard is? A hybrid? I was wondering. I have heard of them but never seen them... and I didn't know they were hybrids either.
To me, and this is merely my opinion, I have seen different crosses before... though some are obviously beautiful animals, I would never buy one. I think hybridization is the wrong way to go. Yeah, I bet those leopards are gorgeous, but I personally would not get one.

I agree, that this is not the way to go with these animals, particularly when you think that this is only corrupting the market for some to think that there is a marketable product, beautiful or not - what did they call them again? Oh yeah!, "Leopards"!! Come on give me a break.
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Ya I wasn't thinking of buying one just thought it was funny of them trying to pass a hybrid for a leopard.Just wanted to see some other opinions. Later, Ethan

Didn't know there was an actual Leopard blood...My friend just thought it looked like a leopard pattern...Wasn't trying to "pass" anything off, it clearly says black x borneo in the add..funny!

I know what it clearly said, just thought it was funny naming it a leopard blood, so maybe somebody who doesnt know much would buy it and pass it off as a leopard as well.Thats all.I didn't name any names, just wanted to hear other opinions as well.Thanks.

...next will be "ringers","greenheads","bullseyes","goblins",lions,tigers,and bears..oh my!Oh well,guy's probably just wanting to get you to look at his neonates....

We have bred wild-caught hybrids between blood pythons and Sumatran short-tailed pythons (verified by a DNA examination) and had very low fertility.

We've also bred spotted pythons to Childrens pythons, for 100% fertility, but bred the hybrid babies and had close to 0% fertility.

Personally, I'd guess that a cross between a Python curtus and a Python breitenstein would result in a good clutch of hybrid babies that themselves are infertile or have very low fertility.

People, these pythons are now recognized as different species, and I believe rightly so. They aren't minor geographic variations on a theme. They are different species.

Crossing a Sumatran short-tailed python and a Borneo short-tailed python is pretty much the same as crossing a reticulated python and a Burmese python. The babies are mules, hybrids, they are animals without identity. If that's what you're after, fine, but realize what you've got. Borneo x Sumatran crosses are not a "color phase," they are hybrid animals.

Dave thanks for the info and history!

..I'm the one that posted the crosses..They were produced by a good friend of mine and they are "nice" looking animals..

To those that responded negatively about the name, no problem, I won't list them with that name, names mean nothing to me anyway and I'm sure those that inquire don't care what they are called either..They are clearly marked as crosses so everyone knows what they are getting...Hope this make everyone feel better? Also for those hung up about names, don't spend any time on the ball python classifieds.. your head will explode