This may be a good example of why crossbreeding does matter. Alot of "brooks" out there seem to have been crossed with floridana, then some people say it doesn't matter because brooks aren't taxonomically accepted. Yet they want to call them brooks because brooks has a certain reputation for greater beauty than floridana. But in crossing them some of the beauty and characteristics of true brooks were lost and/or became less predictable to produce.

The above is an example of what a true brooks looks like because it was kept pure, with the caveat that even with "pure" snakes one has to guard against "captive drift", but it can be done.
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• Any pure NE Axanthics left? - a153fish, Sun Jan 15 18:01:16 2012
• RE: Any pure NE Axanthics left? - GerardS, Sun Jan 15 20:18:19 2012
• RE: Any pure NE Axanthics left? - Lucy47, Sun Jan 15 20:22:42 2012
• RE: Any pure NE Axanthics left? - Bluerosy, Sun Jan 15 21:34:08 2012
• Or......... - GerardS, Sun Jan 15 22:11:36 2012
• RE: Or......... - bluerosy, Mon Jan 16 07:49:28 2012
• Yeah, - GerardS, Mon Jan 16 08:56:54 2012
• RE: Yeah, - Bluerosy, Mon Jan 16 11:02:35 2012
• RE: Yeah, - GerardS, Mon Jan 16 11:21:02 2012
• I found an adult pair! - a153fish, Mon Jan 16 12:30:36 2012
• RE: I found an adult pair! - GerardS, Mon Jan 16 12:50:51 2012
• RE: I found an adult pair! - Bluerosy, Mon Jan 16 14:39:42 2012
• They're real... - a153fish, Mon Jan 16 15:49:50 2012
• RE: They're real... - Bluerosy, Mon Jan 16 17:01:22 2012
• RE: They're real... - a153fish, Mon Jan 16 17:05:25 2012
• RE: They're real... - DISCERN, Mon Jan 16 17:26:37 2012
• RE: They're real... - GerardS, Mon Jan 16 17:54:41 2012
• RE: They're real... - Bluerosy, Mon Jan 16 18:34:01 2012
• RE: They're real... - GerardS, Mon Jan 16 18:47:58 2012
• RE: They're real... - a153fish, Tue Jan 17 05:37:40 2012
• RE: They're real... - foxturtle, Mon Jan 16 19:20:40 2012
• RE: They're real... - a153fish, Tue Jan 17 05:35:01 2012
• RE: They're real... - DMong, Tue Jan 17 12:51:09 2012
• RE: Any pure NE Axanthics left? - a153fish, Sun Jan 15 22:29:32 2012
• RE: Any pure NE Axanthics left? - DISCERN, Sun Jan 15 23:21:07 2012
• RE: Any pure NE Axanthics left? - DMong, Mon Jan 16 03:02:35 2012
• I have an adult pair... - CBI, Mon Jan 16 11:31:38 2012
• Forgot to mention... - CBI, Mon Jan 16 11:37:01 2012
• RE: Forgot to mention... - Bluerosy, Mon Jan 16 11:39:36 2012
• RE: Forgot to mention... - Bluerosy, Mon Jan 16 11:42:09 2012
• waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiit........ - daveb, Mon Jan 16 18:44:34 2012
• RE: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiit........ - Bluerosy, Mon Jan 16 20:34:39 2012
• RE: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiit........ - GerardS, Mon Jan 16 20:53:57 2012
• RE: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiit........ - CBI, Mon Jan 16 21:40:59 2012
• RE: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiit........ - daveb, Tue Jan 17 10:55:06 2012
• RE: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiit........ - Gerards, Tue Jan 17 11:01:58 2012
• RE: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiit........ - foxturtle, Tue Jan 17 12:01:12 2012
• RE: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiit........ - Gerards, Tue Jan 17 12:25:20 2012
• Correction - Gerards, Tue Jan 17 12:29:16 2012
• AFAIK - foxturtle, Tue Jan 17 12:35:29 2012
• RE: AFAIK - Gerards, Tue Jan 17 12:39:37 2012
• RE: AFAIK - foxturtle, Tue Jan 17 12:51:23 2012
• RE: AFAIK - Gerards, Tue Jan 17 12:47:52 2012
• RE: AFAIK - foxturtle, Tue Jan 17 12:58:20 2012
• RE: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiit........ - daveb, Tue Jan 17 21:05:48 2012
• RE: Forgot to mention... - CBI, Mon Jan 16 11:42:52 2012
• Ahahahahahahaha........ - GerardS, Mon Jan 16 11:50:40 2012
• RE: Forgot to mention... - DMong, Mon Jan 16 13:16:37 2012
• RE: Forgot to mention... - DISCERN, Mon Jan 16 14:28:55 2012
• RE: Forgot to mention... - DMong, Mon Jan 16 15:42:26 2012
• RE: Forgot to mention... - DISCERN, Mon Jan 16 15:55:38 2012
• RE: Forgot to mention... - Bluerosy, Mon Jan 16 14:54:16 2012
• oops didn't mean to make that pic so big - Bluerosy, Mon Jan 16 14:56:18 2012
• RE: Forgot to mention... - Aaron, Tue Jan 17 01:53:35 2012
• RE: Forgot to mention... - Aaron, Tue Jan 17 01:41:07 2012
• That thing is nuts. . - GerardS, Mon Jan 16 11:58:35 2012
• RE: That thing is nuts. . - CBI, Mon Jan 16 12:58:51 2012
• RE: That thing is nuts. . - GerardS, Mon Jan 16 13:03:47 2012
• RE: I have an adult pair... - DISCERN, Mon Jan 16 14:50:12 2012
• RE: I have an adult pair... - CBI, Mon Jan 16 15:57:16 2012
• RE: I have an adult pair... - GerardS, Mon Jan 16 15:59:20 2012
• RE: I have an adult pair... - DISCERN, Mon Jan 16 17:17:13 2012
• RE: I have an adult pair... - CBI, Mon Jan 16 18:00:54 2012
• RE: I have an adult pair... - Bluerosy, Mon Jan 16 18:39:43 2012