I always wondered what the criteria were for claiming that something was a subspecies rather than a separate species. For example, what exactly is it that makes o. quadrivatta (is it quadrivattUS now? I'm assuming it is, but correct me if I'm wrong) a subspecies of o. obsoletus? Why couldn't it be quadrivattus quadrivattus? Is it that o. obsoletus has the larger range, or are there DNA tests or something?

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• Need new latin name for Greenish Ratsnake - langly2112, Sat Mar 19 19:49:12 2005
• RE: Need new latin name for Greenish Ratsnake - Hotshot, Sat Mar 19 20:33:07 2005
• RE: Need new latin name for Greenish Ratsnake - Langly2112, Sat Mar 19 23:22:37 2005
• If you rat snake hobbyists have not read my post below, might want to!!! - Hotshot, Sat Mar 19 20:40:25 2005
• Thank you!! ^_^ - Langly2112, Sun Mar 20 15:40:44 2005
• Struggling with the Latin names.... - Terry Cox, Sun Mar 20 08:45:55 2005
• RE: Struggling with the Latin names.... - Langly2112, Sun Mar 20 15:31:26 2005
• RE: Struggling with the Latin names.... - Elaphefan, Tue Mar 22 14:23:59 2005
• Quick question while everyone's talking taxonomy. . . - jtibbett, Sun Mar 20 12:51:16 2005
• RE: Quick question while everyone's talking taxonomy. . . - Hotshot, Sun Mar 20 15:57:52 2005
• RE: Quick question while everyone's talking taxonomy. . . - Terry Cox, Sun Mar 20 16:39:24 2005
• RE: Quick question while everyone's talking taxonomy. . . - Hotshot, Sun Mar 20 18:36:56 2005
• RE: Quick question while everyone's talking taxonomy. . . - Elaphefan, Mon Mar 21 23:52:53 2005
• RE: Quick question while everyone's talking taxonomy. . . - Terry Cox, Tue Mar 22 05:06:15 2005
• Elaphe has been replaced by Pantherophis and will be used in the 6th... - Hotshot, Tue Mar 22 09:20:47 2005
• RE: Elaphe has been replaced by Pantherophis and will be used in the 6th... - Elaphefan, Tue Mar 22 14:19:22 2005