Well I have to tell you that I'm actually working with what some people could consider a 'hybrid' species, specifically Reticulated Pythons. I'm actually crossing three different types of retics, the huge Mainlands, the mid sized Jampea Dwarfs, and the 'tiny' Super Dwarfs. The snakes are similar in that they look alike and have similar characteristics but they would never interact with each other in the wild since they come from different localities. And the size differences are huge, the Super Dwarfs getting the size of a large Coulbrid and the Mainland getting over 200 pounds!
I'm crossing these snakes with a particular goal in mind and that is to shrink down the snakes to just about any size you want by combining different ratios of the three types as well as breeding back into the huge Mainland species to bring the morphs over to he smaller snakes. You really have to keep track of the percentage of each type of snake, for example my male is 37.5% Super Dwarf, 50% Jampea Dwarf, and 12.5% Mainland. And my female is 50% Jampea Dwarf and 50% Mainland. So the offspring will be 18.75% Super Dwarf, 50% Jampea Dwarf, and 31.25% Mainland. It's a bit confusing but as long as you can keep track of the genetics I think it's OK and you can pretty much determine how big the snake will get based on the percentage of the three, Mainland having the most influence. It's not an extreme example of a hybrid snake but I'd say it's still a hybrid.
Here's my female 'Lucy' at 10 pounds, such a beautiful and wonderful snake! Super friendly, never showed any aggression at all:
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