I'm old enough to remember the Northern (Common) watersnake being changed from Natrix-sigh....anyway...

Part of the confusion is the "Common" names-seems as though those aren't overly consistant either. (from book to nook to author to auther to website to website)

And I always wondered why the Greenish Rat Snake isn't a subspecies of it's own by now-since they seem to breed true. (meaning if you breed 2 greenish ratsnakes -you get greenish ratsnakes--at least mine do.)Oh well....

Sometimes I think it's easier (yeah right) to be able to look at a photo and say-"I saw this one"-LOL! Silly as that sounds, seeing as there are variations from snake to snake-but you can usually tell what it is.

But thank you all for the input-and I'll just stop this subject now-didn't mean to start anything bad.

PS-good thing I didn't get into Glossy Snakes.....

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