Quote Originally Posted by loonunit View Post
It'll be harder to cross python regius with morelia viridis than it is morelia viridis x morelia sp., or python regius x python sp., simply because they're not as closely related, so there will be far fewer genes in common. The result will be a lot more non-viable eggs. And the final hybrid is even more likely to be a mule, i.e. sterile.

But if carpets and balls have been successfully mixed, and womas and balls, you should be able to cross balls and chondros. In theory. Maybe.
I was thinking about that. They arent as closely related. And as a result the hybriid being sterile is a very real possibility. But there is the link of carpet pythons. Even if one was completely unsuccessful breeding a pure GTP to a pure ball, they may be able to be combined using carpets as a catalyst. Lets say you attempted to breed a Carpandros with a carpall. Now, im no expert, and this is going on my basic understanding of breeding and genetics, but even though you would never really get a what a pure GTP X Ball hybrid would be like, it would allow the two species genetics to mingle, and with selective breeding you could wind up with a snake that would be the closet thing to that hybrid. I dont really see the carpet genetics really adding anything new to the mix except maybe some cool patterns, but It was fun to think about XD