neilg
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most of us already know of a whole slew of interspecies hybrids out there and that produce perfectly fertile & interfertile offspring, being so closely related except for being essentially geographically isolated groups of virtually the same animal aside from coloration & other minor differences in phenotypical features.
but what about interGENUS reptiles? are there many out there? any naturally occuring ones (ie, in mammals the channel islands' wolf X fox (Canis X Vulpes) have apparently been hybridizing for millenia? (Isis: Zeitschrift für alle naturwissenschaftlichen Liebhabereien, 1881)
only interGENUS snakes i can think of are (Boa X Eunectes) and turtles i can think of are (Graptemys X Trachemys), and in either case have not read of any reported interfertility but in both cases wouldnt be surprised if they such progeny reliably fertlle back to either parentage as well as interfertile between other F1.
are there any intergeneric tortoises? lizards out there? are their offspring interfertile?
i'm opposed to human hybridization even though it's likely widespread behind closed lab doors already given advances in genetic engineering (ie, splicing. but not necessarily to animal hybridization via breeding (or maybe even splicing to revive or strenghten endangered/extinct species' lines) since it helps potentially identify any need for refining scientific nomenclature; ie, if 2 reptiles or whatever are in totally different genera or even subfamilies(!)yet reliably interfertile (thus closely genetically related)
then why were they classified as such different animals nomenclature-wise?
Graptemys X Trachemys.. would u be surprised if such F1s are interfertile?
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/wo...ppi_Map_x_Red-eared_Slider_Turtles/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNBLeJx2S6s
but what about interGENUS reptiles? are there many out there? any naturally occuring ones (ie, in mammals the channel islands' wolf X fox (Canis X Vulpes) have apparently been hybridizing for millenia? (Isis: Zeitschrift für alle naturwissenschaftlichen Liebhabereien, 1881)
only interGENUS snakes i can think of are (Boa X Eunectes) and turtles i can think of are (Graptemys X Trachemys), and in either case have not read of any reported interfertility but in both cases wouldnt be surprised if they such progeny reliably fertlle back to either parentage as well as interfertile between other F1.
are there any intergeneric tortoises? lizards out there? are their offspring interfertile?
i'm opposed to human hybridization even though it's likely widespread behind closed lab doors already given advances in genetic engineering (ie, splicing. but not necessarily to animal hybridization via breeding (or maybe even splicing to revive or strenghten endangered/extinct species' lines) since it helps potentially identify any need for refining scientific nomenclature; ie, if 2 reptiles or whatever are in totally different genera or even subfamilies(!)yet reliably interfertile (thus closely genetically related)
then why were they classified as such different animals nomenclature-wise?
Graptemys X Trachemys.. would u be surprised if such F1s are interfertile?
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/wo...ppi_Map_x_Red-eared_Slider_Turtles/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNBLeJx2S6s