Quote Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny View Post
Inbreeding is a useful tool to produce desired traits in snakes. You will not cause defects from breeding related animals. It CAN AND WILL happen if you line breed which is continuously breeding closer and closer related animals, but occasional inbreeding is not a problem and doesn't need to be avoided. Yes, genetic diversity is good but that does not mean no one should inbreed their snakes. Many breeders on here will say they inbreed their snakes but will not line breed. This does not make them bad breeders.
I think you have the definition of linebreeding and inbreeding reversed:

Inbreeding is a breeding technique which pairs closely related animals, such as father-daughter, brother-sister, or cousins. However, the strict scientific definition of inbreeding counts all relationships that are duplicated on both sides of the pedigree. Animal breeders by tradion consider distantly related crosses to be linebreeding rather than inbreeding, but the scientific basis of this concept is not obvious. Linebreeding is in essence a moderate form of inbreeding.