The key word there being .."considered" to be.

Considered to be by everyone?,...no. The paths of any range map(s) are going to be general. Other influence can(and does) bleed in wherever it sees fit here and there in certain areas....simple as that.

Just to the west of this immediate location, there are indeed pure Black Rats, and just futher to the east, there are also pure Yellow Rats. But the exact locale were THESE particular animals originated, they are indeed intergrades. Why is that so impossible to fathom?

Animals from somewhere else, but still close to that general vicinity can easily be pure Yellow Rat, and I would not dispute that at all. But the animals Jim captured, and that I have are indeed intergrade "greenish" rats, and someone's depiction of a range map will never change what these particular animals are.

You could also call the so-called "Yellow Ratsnake" you posted above whatever title you want to, but what it actually is can be debated and interpreted many different ways for eternity.


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