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I really can't side with the purists as I see pet corn snakes the same way I see pet dogs to a great extent. Do I like looking at wild specimens of any animal to include snakes? You bet I do. But when it comes to a domesticated animal that is selectively bred for certain traits I could care less whether the animal is a hybrid or not so long as it provides for an attractive appearance and a good temperment. If someone wants a labradoodle, a cornduran, an ultramel, or anything else we are not likely to find in nature then let them want it or let them sell it, but don't try and cover up the hard work of these hybridizers if these are in fact hybridizers creating these beauties. Nothing we do outside of nature is replicating nature. The corn snakes breeders make are beautiful regardless of their origin, but they are typically not the corn you would find in nature as nature would not select for those same traits in the same way as a man or woman does.
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