Yeah, I can surely relate to all that too. All I can say is very simply, where does something start to become one thing, and where does it become something else?

Since there are no electric fences, or other impenetrable means to retain a snake, I just use some common sense and roll with it.

If I caught a nice orange/red cornsnake a small distance from the 50,000 acre estate, would it be a true "Okeetee" corn?. To me it sure would be, as long it was a very reasonable close proximity to the estate, but I would also devulge this to the buyer, if someone else has a problem with it,,,,oh well, go get one from someone else then..LOL!

Just like you mentioned, for what it's worth, I name the specimens after the county they where captured in, even if it was very near a bordering county only because THAT IS WHERE I caught it.

Some people get way too caught-up with fighting about locality names, and highways a specimen was caught, and look down upon anything generic or that the lineage cannot be traced back to somewhere specifically. Me,..I certainly like to know every single possible piece of history about any of the animals I have that anyone can offer,...but I won't loose sleep over some of it like some do. Life is too short.

There's only so much stuff we can know for certain anyway when it comes to nature, this much I DO know..LOL!


~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

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