Hybrids?

[ConcinusMan]

You know what they say? Never say never!
Nature is full of surprizes.

OK, let me put it this way. You'd have a better chance of finding a 8-legged frog.

[infernalis]

OK, let me put it this way. You'd have a better chance of finding a 8-legged frog.

they live near 3 mile island....

[Laura]

hahahaha, i bet that frog can jump reaally high

[Spankenstyne]

LOL Wayne, you're killing me here.

[gregmonsta]

So I have seen a few pics of interphases and such and it seems to me that hybrids are somethingthat readily happen in the garter snake world. Is hybridizing such a problem within the community? I'm getting my first garter from a trusted source so that's not gonna be an issue for me just curious as to how often hybrid snakes are encountered within the captive trade.

Hybridisation does happen in the hobby. Usually when someone is keeping mixed species an wasn't 100% aware of the sexes of their snakes.
This question has popped up before. The reason why people don't do it is because there is simply no point. Breeding x + p to make a new colour-form, when you consider the already extensive variety in the existing species and sub-species, is really unecessary.
On another forum someone asked if he could breed tetrataenia with marcianus .... when asked why he said he fancied a tetrataenia with a checker pattern .... I told him to buy himself an infernalis before he thought about pollution the tetrataenia bloodline!

[guidofatherof5]

OK, let me put it this way. You'd have a better chance of finding a 8-legged frog.

You were saying

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I think if it happens intentionally in captivity... an "intergrade" should be referred to as a hybrid (and I do refer to them as hybrids) simply because it was on purpose, and by calling it an intergrade people are attempting to trivialize the fact that they are muddying good genes. In my book, a true intergrade is when two different subspecies manage to cross in the wild.... not because someone stuck the two together and wants to further justify it just because it's "not a hybrid, just an intergrade!".

[ConcinusMan]

You were saying

I was saying you'd have a better chance of finding an 8 legged frog than a true hybrid (species X different species) in the wild

[Spankenstyne]

You gotta admit that was pretty damn funny, and less than half an hour later...

[Stefan-A]

they live near 3 mile island....

Either that, or they're infected by a certain parasite.