>>"But if releases are ongoing, then restrictions on current hobbyists might still be important in preventing renewal of the feral population."

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>>That is exactly what I'm saying -- The AR crowd puts releases in the context as an ongoing current issue, which it clearly is not, otherwise there would be Greens, Labyrinth, Albinos found in the wild, offspring from released Hets.

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>>You seem to be agreeing with me on this.



I think it's a valid argument. Not sure I'd say "agree", because of all the caveats I've mentioned before. But I do think it's a good point to keep in the arsenal.



>>I'm of the opinion it was possible for many genetic mutations to be in the lower echelon "Pet Trade", unknowingly heterozygous for those mutations, from as long ago as 1996.



I'm comfortable with that date.



We know that burms were in the glades long before 96. We would naturally be seeing the population effects from those earlier releases -- less likely to be hets -- much more than from the later releases, which would be more likely to be hets. Perhaps in the next 10 years we WILL see morphs showing up.
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0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)

2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (TBA)

0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)

1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (TBA)

2.7 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, TBA)

1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

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