help determining a hybrid's latin name?

[fr0glet]

Does anyone know how latin names are combined for a hybrid cross? My friend recently purchased a diamond/carpet cross, morelia spilota spilota and spilota variegata are the two latins I believe.

tia.
fr0glet

[RachelS.]

Do hybrids even have a latin name?? I think it's just morelia spilota spilota / spilota variegata. But I could be wrong :confused:

[LdyDrgn]

Variegata x spilota?? Never heard of that one. Spilota are commonly crossed with cheynei. Common name would be Diamond x Jungle. Latin for a cross would either be spilota x cheynei or morelia spilota ssp. I think, but I am not positive about that.

[Lisa]

I've been thinking about that problem too... maybe add another level to it? morelia spilota spilota variegata or would it be morelia spilota variegata spilota? which one comes first?

[Herpkingdom]

A cross breeding between two subspecies does not warrant a latin or scientific name. It is not a recognized species or subspecies so therfore doesn'tget a latin name.

If you wnat to assign one to your snake basically it is just adding and "X" between the full latin names of both species/subspcies.
Like so

Morelia spilota spilota x Morelia spilota variegata

or

M.s. spilota x M.s.variegata

to shorten it up a bit.

That would be the only scientific/latin name that would apply to your snake.

[Ed_r]

I guess all the mut dogs out there should all be given new species names too then.:rolleyes:

[Katt]

All dog breeds except for hybrid wolf dogs are all the same species.