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amazondoc
at Tue Jul 20 14:49:58 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by amazondoc ]
>>One of the most interested things I learned when I actually started traveling to those places and herping those places is that a range map is a best guess, connect the dots, map that is a result of various localities that have been recorded through voucher specimens over time and then covered with a blanket. Because a snake or lizard falls within that estimated "range" in a field guide doesn't mean you will drive there and see it.
Absolutely true!  ----- ----
0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (Arco, Olho)
1.3.1 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (Coatl)
0.0.1 Mexican black kingsnake (TBA)
2.7 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, Uce, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters
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