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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• 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• Elaphe has been replaced by Pantherophis and will be used in the 6th...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• RE: Elaphe has been replaced by Pantherophis and will be used in the 6th...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