Japanese Rat Snakes (E.climacophora)

toddnbecka · 10-10-15, 02:32 AM

I would think there would be some natural crosses in areas where their ranges are close together. (I believe those are called intergrades.) I doubt they've really been studied or documented, and there's likely some natural variations even among pure locale lines. It's mainly through selective captive breeding that the most desirable colors are produced, but there's alwaya a chance one might just get lucky too... lol.

jjhill001 · 10-11-15, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by toddnbecka

I would think there would be some natural crosses in areas where their ranges are close together. (I believe those are called intergrades.) I doubt they've really been studied or documented, and there's likely some natural variations even among pure locale lines. It's mainly through selective captive breeding that the most desirable colors are produced, but there's alwaya a chance one might just get lucky too... lol.

It's probably been studied and documented for this species but it's probably in Japanese

Frisky · 10-12-15, 01:29 AM

I am pretty sure that there are areas where their ranges overlap, and natural crosses have occurred. Todd, you hit the nail on the head by saying that these would be Intergrades and not Hybrids. True Hybrids are the crossing of two totally different species as far as I am concerned.

Sylphie, best of luck. The problem is that I don't know if I can wait for 4 years to see some results of your project. I am a pretty impatient person. lol