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ratsnakehaven
at Sun Mar 19 10:09:41 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ratsnakehaven ]
Hi, Bill.
There's still competition...LOL.
Utiger's work, reclassifying and resurrecting genera/species of Elaphe, hasn't passed the test of time, yet. Everyone seems to agree lots of work needs to be done on the old Elaphe, but not everyone agrees what is the best thing to do. As an amateur, I agree with a lot of what Utiger, et. al, has done, but not all. We have a choice to use the new designations, or just stick with the old, "Elaphe".
CNAH works mainly with North American herps and does not list any Old World ratsnakes. I don't have SSAR's list of genera/species names, so don't really know at this time. I'm not sure they have a list of Old World species anyway. They may not have taken a postion on this. EMBL does have a world list which I'll provide a link to. Hopefully, that will show up. The last scientific name entry for the forest ratsnake is Euprepiophis conspicillatus. That doesn't mean you have to accept it, just that it has been published.
Cheers...Terry Cox
>>Hey Terry,
>>Do you know if all groups (CNAH, SSAR, Etc) agree on that taxon yet or are they still holding competition to see who can urinate higher on the wall?
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>>Regards, Bill McGighan
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RE: I need a scientific name of Forrest Rat - ratsnakehaven, Sun Mar 19 10:09:41 2006