[drache]

as far as I recall flame garters are naturally occurring morphs
morphs and intergrades do occur in nature, but much of what corn snake breeders do wouldn't - not to mention the crossing of different species
I guess it's (some) humans' nature to want to create labradoodles and maltotweilers
I am generally more impressed with the creations of nature than with those of humans, although micro chips are pretty cool and I think that once they make robot snakes, they should feel free to go hogwild with cartoonish patterns, just like they do with kids' jammies
that being said, I do get a bit creeped by folks obsessed with the pure blood line thing
the "purer" a blood line, the more likely it will end up with genetic defects, so in the case of a very small population, intergrading may be a genetic boon