Krynn I completely disagree with you on this in relation to reptiles. More specifically ball pythons. They have extremely small ranges in the wild and do not just go for a walk to get away from their family. As newly hatched baby they go to the closest safe spot and shed and then to to the closest spot to eat and drink odds are that in Africa there are not many places like that and that the babies will generally go to the same spots. Yes over time they will move on to some extent but not a whole lot. Why do you think any recessive mutation has been found in the wild more than once? It is because 2 snakes carrying the same mutant genes mated and produced them. That would indicate that animals very closely related breed a lot in reptiles.

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