Anyone ever cross tetrataenia with blotched ssp. (infernalis, concinnus, parietalis)

[G-natrix]

I would be interested to know if anyone has ever outcrossed a T.s. tetrataenia to a blotched subspecies. I suspect this is counterintuitive for most people insofar as the striped morph is desirable & probably most breeders are trying to breed blotches out of their lines, not breed them in. Nonetheless it would be an extremely timely experiment. If any of you have tets to burn, why not cross a few out to some nice blotchy infernalis or concinnus and post the results? Science would thank you.

Cheers,

G

[adamanteus]

It would be interesting, particularly with infernalis, but I guess tetrataenia is so hard to get (or so expensive) that few people would want to sully the line. Interesting idea though.

[zooplan]

These are two hybrids of ´tetrataenia and ´parietalis

one more redish

the other one more bluish
poorly to see on the bad picture
I´ve bought them around millenium.
The red one passed away few years later and the blueish one went back to the breeder to keep forward without breeding.

[KITKAT]

Beautiful babies, Zooplan!

That one pic makes me think of a caption!

[drache]

Beautiful babies, Zooplan!

That one pic makes me think of a caption!

me too
and now I'm curious . . .

[Bay_area]

I personally against trying to hybrid snakes. With that said, their is a spot in San Mateo County that I know about where tetrataenia & infernalis both live among other species of garters. I know for a fact that those two do naturally cross breed in the wild. Nothing prettier than seeing a SF Garter in the wild!

This pic was taken by a friend of mine @ one of the few locations they can still be found

[G-natrix]

Wonderful, Udo! The phenotype of those two snakes answers one or two specific questions I had. I am always appreciative of creative genetic tinkering. Good work,

G

[Stefan-A]

It is a beautiful snake. Almost looks like that other wannabe garter, Nerodia clarkii.

[zooplan]

20.000,00 thats a lot for one snake, but when I know right, habitat resources for those snakes are still decreasing.
As it seems coservation and science are much closer to private efforts in Europe.

[Charlet_2007]

if i was going to pay that much for a snake it would b for a lutistic (spelling?) ball python not mixing different snakes...