Great photos and nice looking animals.

As far as their being intergrades, if you suscribe to the name Pantherophis alleghaniensis, then the greenis rats aren't intergrades. I also don't know about the Gulf hammocks being true intergrades either. Do you really find yellow rats in that area, or just gray's and gulf hammocks?

Since none of us are analizing their mtDNA, we will never know for sure.

What ever the case may be, they are splendid looking animals. I have a golf hammock myself, so I only put this out for thought and not as a slight against your reasoning.

What I tell people is that I like what nature cooks up. Thanks for posting the photos.

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