The truth is, in depth taxonomy is of use and language to other taxonomists and Cladist, and systematics, etc. Its a world of cells and relationships, and very important to them and their(the people) exsistance.

But for us, those who work with real animals, its of little use. For instance, what does it matter if Lampropeltis g. evolved from calligaster? We evolved from monkeys(other primates) but we are not monkeys now(may not be accurate) And getulus is not calligaster now. The focal point is the word now. Now covers a very very long time. We were not monkeys for a very long time and these snakes were seperate from eachother, for a much longer time.

While its interesting, I do not take it as all that important. Kinda like reading the newspaper or the internet. Its there, but what effect does it really have. In my old age, I have seen this(name changing) before, and with luck with see it again. Thanks for more snake talk, FR

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