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Will an indigo mate with a cribo ? if so has anyone had this happen and what would the offspring look like ?
I know this is contoversial but its just a question, I am not trying to do this.
Martin.

>>Will an indigo mate with a cribo ? if so has anyone had this happen and what would the offspring look like ?
>>I know this is contoversial but its just a question, I am not trying to do this.
>>Martin.

Yes, an Indigo can mate with a Cribo and produce viable offspring. I don't know what it would look like, I've never seen one that I know of. I've seen plenty of intergradient Cribos.
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As OH mentioned, cribo and indigo crosses are possible.
I know firsthand of two incidents regarding such pairings, both being D. c couperi x D. c melanurus. The offspring were phenotypic of D. c couperi, though none survived over one year.
I have also heard of D. c couperi and D. c unicolor pairings, but I do not have firsthand knowledge of such. I believe the specimens produced were said to be phenotypic of D. c erebennus.

Jeff

I owned just such a cross for several years. Seems an unscrupulous breeder at the time was getting out of the buisness and told me of his " dirty deed" and asked if I wanted the snake. It was over five feet long and aprox. two years old. He had sent an Eastern to a fellow out of state who bred it with his Mel., then sent him back a hybrid. I didn't want to see the snake re-bred, so I took it and kept it until it's death several years later. It looked like a very dark mel.
Fortunately, I have not heard of another since.