http://www.aussiepythons.com/showthread.php?t=54862
Please read this thread. I don't want to start this debate here but true intergrades are naturally occuring animals, not to be confused with hybrids/crosses.
Oh I know that and I’ve read that thread before. What I meant by “getting into” was getting an intergrade line unnaturally and purposefully – a naturally occurring Diamond line that appears to have some Coastal in it and a Diamond crossed with a Coastal purposefully are two different things. But some people out there are more worried about selling their animals rather than owning up (and this seems to happen a lot more than people would like to admit) and just claim the “intergrade” clause. I mean the only way to call a person out on this is if they admit to it, and I’m sure a lot of us have seen and read the “Is This A Pure Diamond?” threads and it gets quite heated – and the results are:
20% say the animal is a hybrid,
20% say it’s an intergrade,
20% say it’s a Coastal,
20% say it’s a Diamond and,
20% (usually those with the experience and knowledge) say that you just can’t tell for sure.
I am REALLY hoping not to start all this over again either and in no way am I trying to get an argument going out of this, but I’m just saying I think there is a difference and you can get the two confused as we have all seen happen before.