Hi Mike,



The book is called "Boas and Pythons of the World"



Here's a link:



http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8376.html



I looked at the book in the bookstore a few months ago, so I'm going by memory. Hopefully I'm not misrepresenting what he said,

but I'm pretty sure he claimed Colombians don't interbreed with Brazilians. And I think he broke the mainland Epicrates rainbows into two "types" - Type I (Colombians/Guyanans) and Type II (the rest of them). Again, I'm going by memory (which is getting less and less dependable these days), so anyone interested should check out the book. I found it in my local Barnes and Noble store.



Thanks,

Ed







>>I'd be interested in checking out this book. Do you know the title?

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>>"Not to add to the confusion, but in Mark O'Shea's new book, he separates out Colombians and Guyanans from the other Epicrates cenchria, and actually classified Colombians as a separate species of Epicrates, claiming that they don't interbreed with Brazilians."

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>>When you say separates, do you mean that he addresses them with distinct species names? classifying Columbians as a separate species seems to be in line with this discussion. I'm certainly no expert, but I'd like to know what he's basing his claim that no interbreeding takes place on.

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>>"If I remember correctly, he put Guyanans in the same class (ie, didn't really name it as a species or subspecies) as Colombians."

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>>I just noticed this. This is a little confusing to me (and it sounds like it still is to Mark as well).

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>>I agree, good discussion. I've always wanted to talk with people who are close to these animas in the wild.

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>>Mike Lockwood

>>www.tooscaley.com

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