Matthew,

The "new" Corn subspecies or species, for western LA and eastern TX is the Slowinski's Corn Snake - Pantherophis guttatus slowinskii or P. slowinskii, depending on who you are reading.

P. emoryi is (currently) considered to be a separate species from guttatus or slowinskii, by most taxonomists. However, some of us still consider them to be closely related enough to be a form of Corn Snake. A couple of other "common" names for emoryi meahllmorum are Southwestern Rat Snake and Southern Plains Rat Snake.

-Toby



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