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Posted by Doug T on November 22, 2000 at 18:17:45:
In Reply to: Re: Still wondering... posted by Barry on November 22, 2000 at 17:34:35:
Barry,
It's probably best to pass on this. I dont know your connection with the guy who is looking for the trade, but it sounds bad.
I'm no genetics expert, but it seems that indigos and kingsnakes are so different that they couldn't hybridize. Other than skin color, there aren't many similarities. If you were to take 2 other subspecies of drymarchon and lampropeltis and compare them, it would seem very unlikely. For example, how likely is it that a Yellow tail Cribo could reproduce with a California Kingsnake or a Honduran milksnake. Pretty unlikely.
The metabolism of the 2 species is so disimilar. The hunting, mating and eating methods are also very different. This are just outward traits that I, being only a hobbiest, can see. I'm sure that other physiological differences are there that a more educated person could list that would make this hybrid an unlikely product.
Horses and donkeys can reproduce, making a mule. But mules are sterile, as this hybrid would likely, at least hopefully, be.
Drymarchon keepers are the most loyal, adamant snake keepers around. When the hybrid subject comes up, it really stokes up the fires.
I would have to actually hold the snake in my hands and "see to believe" this hybrid even existed. I would avoid the trade as it sounds fishy to me.
doug
: Hey Doug,
: Well, this guy is telling me that some lady in Indiana produced them. I have the option of trading him a blood python for a pair of them and seeing if it's really true, but with all this unwanted drama, I think I'm going to pass on the whole deal since I really don't need them. That's all I know and got lynched just for being told they exist. Who knows?????
: Barry
