Thamnophis sauritus sackenii X Thamnophis proximus proximus

[rwgsnakes]

haha, man they are awesome

East African Gaboon X Rhinoceros Viper "Gabino" - www.ReptileForums.com

[adamanteus]

Well, they're different, and that certainly catches your attention, but personally I think the Rhinocerous Viper is way more attractive than this.

I have kept both Gaboon Vipers and Rhino Vipers (also other Bitis species) and I don't think they need improvement.

A word on 'serious' collectors....... In most of the world a licence is required for the legal keeping of venomous snakes. This licence would be specific to a particular snake... defined by the scientific name. This 'Gabino' would have no specific name, certainly in the UK it would be very difficult to acquire a licence for a snake that wasn't described by a scientific name.

[enigma200316]

I'd have to agree with ya there James, and I would think its the same here, and if not its gotta change....................

[Thamnophis]

It is kind of "funny" that the animals you bred are hybrids now.
In the eighties or so proximus and sauritus were two subspecies from the same species.
In those days they were integrades.

A nice popular name for them could be:EastWest Ribbon Snake or WestEast Ribbon Snake

[rwgsnakes]

i think some of you are taking what i said differently from how i ment to say it, thanks for the replies i have gotten, i am just going to leave it with their sci names, because i can not find a common name anywhere

thanks again

[Snaky]

I think it's about the number 1 topic for (sometimes heated) discussions in our hobby... you can always practically expect it when you ask something about hybrids