Quote Originally Posted by ssscales
what I am referring too is courtesy between breeders?
LOL ... I don't know about the boa world, but it seems to me that in the BP world there are a lot of "beefs" between a lot of breeders ... It appears that courtesy can sometimes be in short supply.

I think a lot of designer names stick because there is already a precident set by another species (like "snow") ... other names stick because they just make sense when you look at the snake and in general the look of the snake inspires so much awe that you really don't care what it's called ("bumble bees" come to mind here) ... other names bomb completely depsite popular opinion and the originators best efforts ... No one that I talk to that's producing morphs in numbers can say the name "pastave" without laughing and in serious conversation I've always heard "pastel mojave" used.

Naming morphs is more art and marketing than anything else ... if you do it right it will stick ... if you don't know what you're doing you'll get rolled over and end up as a footnote.

-adam