Wisent, bison; zebra, horse; lion, tiger.

Sure why not. Kissing cousins (in a manner of speaking). I've even heard that the dragon-fly is a hybrid of a dragon and a fly!!!

Well maybe I made that one up.

Now if I had the photoshop skills I'd paint the color pattern of the mandarin ratsnake on a reticulated python photo and drag this post back onto the Asian and European Forum topic range. Alas I have not those skills.

John