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Posted by: chrish at Tue Jan 6 01:16:55 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chrish ]

Corn snakes are a sub-species of the common rat snake, which makes them a rat snake!!

Cornsnakes are ratsnakes because they are in the same genus as the common ratsnake. (They used to both be in the genus Elaphe, but now are both in the genus Pantherophis.)

However, they are not the same species, so they can't be subspecies of each other. Cornsnakes are a different species of ratsnake than the "common" ratsnake.

There are several subspecies of the common rat snake, P. obsoleta (sensu lato, LOL)(Everglades, Yellow, Black, Gray, TX).

Likewise, there are several subspecies of cornsnake (P. guttata) (Cornsnake, Great Plains Rat, Southwestern Ratsnake).

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Chris Harrison

...he was beginning to realize he was the creature of a god that appreciated the discomfort of his worshippers - W. Somerset Maugham

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What is the differences between corn snakes and rat snakes? - GregBraidE, Mon Jan 5 14:13:07 2004

RE: What is the differences between corn snakes and rat snakes? - Hotshot, Mon Jan 5 15:55:24 2004

Not exactly.... - chrish, Tue Jan 6 01:16:55 2004

Is elaphe still a valid genus - CamHanna, Tue Jan 6 07:57:10 2004

RE: Is elaphe still a valid genus - Terry Cox, Tue Jan 6 11:37:10 2004

RE: Is elaphe still a valid genus - doorgunner, Tue Jan 6 21:54:52 2004

RE: Is elaphe still a valid genus - Terry Cox, Wed Jan 7 06:33:47 2004

RE: Is elaphe still a valid genus - chrish, Wed Jan 7 10:39:49 2004

RE: Is elaphe still a valid genus - Terry Cox, Wed Jan 7 21:24:27 2004

A pronunciation guide (at least the way I do it!)..... - chrish, Tue Jan 6 13:44:32 2004

RE: A pronunciation guide (at least the way I do it!)..... - camhanna, Tue Jan 6 14:38:44 2004

Sort of... - doorgunner, Tue Jan 6 22:07:42 2004

RE: Sort of... - chrish, Wed Jan 7 11:16:15 2004

errata.....the preview button wasn't working correctly - chrish, Wed Jan 7 11:20:09 2004

For What It's Worth - doorgunner, Wed Jan 7 22:56:08 2004

RE: For What It's Worth - Terry Cox, Thu Jan 8 05:03:48 2004

RE: For What It's Worth - elaphefan, Thu Jan 8 15:54:42 2004

RE: For What It's Worth - Terry Cox, Thu Jan 8 17:17:57 2004

RE: For What It's Worth - DoorGunner, Thu Jan 8 21:33:09 2004

Chris - Hotshot, Tue Jan 6 08:36:19 2004

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