Also, there's the fact that the American ratsnakes are very closely related to the Eurasian ratsnakes and we know a Eurasian rat is the ancestor.



I have not read the recent ratsnake literature, but I believe the basis for the resurrection of Pantherophis was that the American Ratsnakes were actually more closely related to Pituophis and Lampropeltis than they were to European Elaphe, therefore they were separated.
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Chris Harrison



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