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I have seen two different scientific names listed for corn snakes on various sites around the web. Corns are either listed as pantherophis guttatus or as elaphe guttata guttata. Has the classification recently changed? Which is the current proper listing for a corn snake?
Thanks!
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1.0 Anery Corn
1.0 Anery Motley Corn
1.0 Sunglow Motley Corn
0.1 Amel Stripe Corn
3.5 Leopard Geckos
3.1 Crested Geckos
1.0 Peacock Day Gecko
0.1 Gold Dust Day Gecko
1.1 Giant Day Geckos
4.2 Cats

pantherophis guttatus is the current correct name for corn snakes. I believe that it was changed about a year or 2 ago, but im not sure.
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Ellen

0.1 Children's Python
0.0.1 Chondro
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
1.0 Bearded Dragon
Approx 25 corns - numbers always changing

The Elaphe species was changed to Pantherophis. With this change came the change to the ssp names as well. i.e. Elaphe Obsoleta Obsoleta is now Pantherophis Obsoletus obsoletus.

However, most people are reluctant to use the new change, just hard to get used to I guess, myself included.
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1.0 Corn snake "Warpath" (KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Punisher and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Yellow rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.1 California king snake "Bandit and Moonstar" (Coastal phase)
1.0 Prairie king snake "Bishop" (KY locale)
0.1 Black king snake "Domino" (KY locale)
0.0.1 Eastern Milk snake "Cable" (KY locale)
0.0.1 Eastern/Red milk intergrade "Omega Red" (KY locale)

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

>>The Elaphe species was changed to Pantherophis. With this change came the change to the ssp names as well. i.e. Elaphe Obsoleta Obsoleta is now Pantherophis Obsoletus obsoletus.
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>>However, most people are reluctant to use the new change, just hard to get used to I guess, myself included.
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>>1.0 Corn snake "Warpath" (KY locale)
>>1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
>>1.1 Black rat snakes "Punisher and Mystique" (MO locale)
>>1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)
>>1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
>>1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
>>0.1 Yellow rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
>>1.1 California king snake "Bandit and Moonstar" (Coastal phase)
>>1.0 Prairie king snake "Bishop" (KY locale)
>>0.1 Black king snake "Domino" (KY locale)
>>0.0.1 Eastern Milk snake "Cable" (KY locale)
>>0.0.1 Eastern/Red milk intergrade "Omega Red" (KY locale)
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>> Good luck and Happy Herping
>>Brian
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2.0 Cornsnakes
1.0 Ball Python
0.1 Cal Kingsnake
0.1 Taiwan Beauty Snake
0.0.1 Leo Gecko
1.0 Bearded Dragon
0.0.1 Marbled Gecko

Damn scientist cant leave anything alone.I think they all need to get together and find a cure for the common cold.Or better yet a beer with high carbs and tons of alcohol in it.I can think of a million other things they could be doing than renaming everything.