Breeding Hybrids?

[Deep Blue Sea]

I kinda hope my Temensis will breed with my Mono

 

[snakeguy101]

I got eggs out of a red phase bull snake and a red phase northern pine. unfortunately the eggs were not viable...

 

[foto69man]

Not sure how 'hybrid' it is...but if australia ever lets up on it's export laws, i'd like to get an Eastern Bearded Dragon and cross it with an orange Central Bearded(the type commercially available). All the easterns that i have seen are either dark grey or black. So i'd like to try and develop a halloween harelquin type beardie...like the crested geckos have...

 

[rudukai13]

Excellent! Now a few questions - Does anyone know what it is that allows certain species to mix with specific others? Obviously it has something to do with genetic similarities, but it has to be more than that...?

 

[ceeej31]

That's an interesting note - You wouldn't hybridize with a species that was rare or endangered?

that would be responsible thing to do, it is best to keep the gene pool of rare and endangered species as pure as possible

 

[snakeguy101]

Excellent! Now a few questions - Does anyone know what it is that allows certain species to mix with specific others? Obviously it has something to do with genetic similarities, but it has to be more than that...?

If 2 species are similar enough genetically to produce young then yes, that is all it takes to allow for a pair to produce viable offspring however there are factors that may restrict the breeding of them. for instance one snake may be nocturnal and the other diurnal or crepuscular and this would prevent them from breeding. there may also be differences in mating rituals (as with some lizards and turtles but not so much in snakes) that would make the female unreceptive. That being said, if one has the ability to artificially inseminate would be able to produce hybrids with the only problem being that of their genetic similarities.

that would be responsible thing to do, it is best to keep the gene pool of rare and endangered species as pure as possible

I agree, it would not be ethical to water down the blood of a rare species unless it is the last resort (as is the case with the FL panthers that are now all hybrids).

 

[Vicious_Fish]

What did you do with the offspring? If you kept them long enough, did you notice any commonalities with the originating species?

Well since Eastern and Midland Painted turtles cross paths in the wild where I live, I'd say seeing an intergrade of the two is not uncommon. Both subspecies also look very similar. I hatched 3 babies from a cross of the two subspecies. I ended up giving them to a friend for her gold fish pond. Haven't talked to her in 10+ years so I don't know what the offspring looked like as adults.

 

[rudukai13]

Hm. So of the ones I've found, the majority are snake hybrids. Is anyone currently trying to get lizard hybrids specifically? Anyone who's attempted both, can you note on the challenges of each?

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

rudukai, yeah i would only hybrid if a large enough pure were available. unless it was absolutly necessary to save the species.

 

[coura]

Not sure how 'hybrid' it is...but if australia ever lets up on it's export laws, i'd like to get an Eastern Bearded Dragon and cross it with an orange Central Bearded(the type commercially available). All the easterns that i have seen are either dark grey or black. So i'd like to try and develop a halloween harelquin type beardie...like the crested geckos have...

By eastern bearded dragon you mean Pongona barbata? Because if yes sorry but that crossbreeding has already taken place many years ago, the offspring are fertile and dont look anywhere like a harlequim bearded dragon, the colors simply mix. The resulting hibrid form are the german giants and they are both bigger and more prolific then comon beardies.