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Can snakes cross breed? like a cobra mate with a rattler?
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>> Anonymous
WHO THE FUCK CARES???

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>> Anonymous
>>93186
>>93188
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
Yes, though I'm not sure how the rattler/cobra will work out but I did breed a rattler with a spitting viper... needless to say I had to put it down, my arm turned green when I walked by the baby and it sprayed mist on me.
>> Anonymous
fuck you snake tard /b/ is broken, cry for it fag
>> Anonymous
duuuuhhh

how do you think they originally got the king cobra?

they bred a king snake with a cobra.
>> Anonymous
>>93238

you failed hard
>> Anonymous
>>93238
>> Anonymous
Rattlesnakes and cobras are probably to different to crossbreed. Rattler might be able to breed with another species of viper(gaboon viper, sidewinder, etc.) or a cobra with another elapid (coral snake, mamba, maybe seasnake I forget if they are in that family). I don't know if any snake crossbreeds have recorded, though. Unlike a horse and donkey cross, the parents would probably try to eat each other.
>> Anonymous
Herpetology student here to give straight answer--

Yes, snakes will, can be, and have been crossbred. It's mostly been done with milksnakes and ratsnakes.

No, a cobra and a rattlesnake could NOT cross.

Like>>93959said, too different. Rattlers would prolly' be fairly easy to crossbreed, but most herpeticulturists who keep them aren't interested in crossing.

Cobras, like Kingsnakes (which are another species that's been crossed, though from what I've seen only with other species of Kings), eat other snakes given the chance. It would be tricky, but I don't see why, at the very least, cobraA/cobraB hybrids couldn't be produced.

It all comes down to the fact that most people who keep hot snakes like that aren't interested in producing hybrids. It's tricky.
>> Mitternacht
007 !
>> Anonymous
>>93966
your knowledge and straightforward responses pleases me to no end. Shit, I came...
>> Anonymous
>>93966
You're a pretty shitty herpetology student.

Kings have been crossed with Milksnakes. Both are members of the genus Lampropeltis. Kings can also be crossed with Corn snakes but this is much more difficult to accomplish.

Ratsnakes are members of Coluber. Mainly they are crossable with other ratsnakes and racer snakes.

Cornsnakes are readily crossable with most other Elaphe members which include corns, fox, and rat snakes. Also kings/milks as I said above but this is not as easy.
>> Anonymous
>>93966

Herpetology student? is there such a thing? or are you some mug who just keeps herps as a hobby? methinks the latter. No credible establishment of learning would probably dedicate an entire course to herpetology.
>> Anonymous
wait, wait. Who studies herpes for a living?
>> Anonymous
>>93996
Your mom and anybody who has spent the night with her
>> Anonymous
>>93994
I doubt so as well. Any "professional" herpetologist would probably just be a biologist or zoologist who then specializes in herpes.
>> Anonymous
>>93992
I'd like to point out I said "from what I've seen" concerning the Kings.

Cornsnakes ARE ratsnakes, and therefore included in my generalization of "mostly with milksnakes and ratsnakes".

I'm gonna' stress here that I despise herp crossing in general, because there's way too many species of reptiles we could focus on captive-breeding for the pet trade versus taking the time and energy to cross others.

>>93994
Fail for being completely clueless. The epicenters of North American Herpetology, Florida and California, do offer Herpetology courses for Biology or Zoology majors. There's no actual degree for Herpetology, though you do have to have a masters in either Biology or Zoology. But, then, in the Herpetology community there's only about five colleges (Mainly Cali and Fl. ones) where you can graduate from and be respected and acknowledged as a Herpetologist.