I definitely agree with having respect for whoever named the morph, but if you name a morph after a scientific term such as anerythristic, it does kinda open yourself up to scrutiny from everyone because it's not an original name. It's a word borrowed from the textbooks. Not so much in our little garter corner, but in other hobbies, like the milk snakes and python hobbies, people get really serious about it when you use terms like that. You can name your morph hypo, because it's your new morph to name, but then a bunch of guys gang up on you and yell at you because they think you are wrong and that it's T+ albino. Regardless, I see both sides of the argument and I understand that Scott does not wish to debate it because he named the morph anery and that's that. But I can also see why people ask questions, and there is nothing wrong with not blindly accepting what you are told at face value. That is why we all have opinions. And remember, the names we give these morphs, that is all they are is a personal opinion from someone who took their best educated guess. There's just no way anyone can claim to be totally right as we have NO data to prove the pigments we say are affected are being affected the way we say they are. Heck, do we even know exactly what types of pigments garters have? It is certainly more extensive than other types of snakes as Jeff has pointed out.

It is good to question things and to test our fellow hobbyist, even if it means testing their patience at times. Debating is healthy as long as people can remain mature about it. Nobody is going to agree on everything 100% of the time, and if we all did, this hobby would be no fun. As we learn more, things will change, and that is inevitable.

I can say one thing, if I did close my eyes and envision my own personal version of an "anery" red sided, it would look a lot like The Golden Redsided. in fact, that's exactly what I feel it would look like.

Scott Felzer's Garter Snakes, specializing in aberrant garters

In my opinion, there would not be a better descriptive term for that animal than anery.