are all North American rats now Pantherophis or are there exceptions?



are Eurasian rats still elaphe?



why did they seperate elaphe and Pantherophis?



Is elaphe pronounced Ee-laugh-ae?

Other genus i don't know how to pronounce are thamnophis, agkistrodon, occipitomaculata (storeria), nerodia sipedon, opheodrys, drymarchon, nasicus (heterodon), pituophis melanoleucus, bogertophis subocularis, lampropeltis, micrurus and sistrurus.



Sorry to just dump a huge list of names on you but I learn mostly from books and would like to sound not quite so stupid in person.



Thank You

Cam Hanna

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