Posted by:
patricia sherman
at Wed Aug 6 15:20:03 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by patricia sherman ]
You wrote:
"All of the name changes they propose, including the proposed transfer of the North American species of Elaphe into Pantherophis and Pseudelaphe, are unnecessary, destructive and scientifically untenable."
I'm absolutely unqualified to comment on the scientific tenability of the renaming of North American genera. Speaking from a hobbyist's viewpoint, I must say that I'm very pleased to see the North American "Elaphe" no longer lumped together with Eurasian species. It is very evident that North American "Elaphe" are more closely related to Lampropeltis, Pituophis, and other North American snakes, than they are to any of the Eurasians. My basis for drawing this conclusion, is that we see numerous hybridizations between the North American genera, but we never see any of the (to my mind misnamed) North American Elaphe hybidizing with any of the Eurasians.
I welcome the recent reversion to the old genus name, Pantherophis. ----- tricia
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- Pantherophis, a preliminary review - RSNewton, Tue Aug 5 00:29:14 2003
- RE: Pantherophis, a preliminary review - jfirneno, Tue Aug 5 19:28:42 2003
- RE: Pantherophis, a preliminary review - Terry Cox, Wed Aug 6 11:34:07 2003
RE: Pantherophis, a preliminary review - patricia sherman, Wed Aug 6 15:20:03 2003
- RE: Pantherophis, a preliminary review - WW, Thu Aug 7 03:19:24 2003
- RE: Pantherophis, a preliminary review - Matt Campbell, Thu Aug 7 11:17:37 2003
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