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DMong
at Thu Jun 12 14:50:03 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
Yes, we had a discussion a while back about the range map's accuracy in the Tennessee area. Since I don't live, or do any herping in that area, and can't verify any of the map's content from that area personally, it could very well have some definite inaccuracies in that region, and certainly even some other areas as well, as any lines drawn by any author are basically gotten from another source, and those sources can always be incomplete, or just plain wrong altogether.
But all that aside, the animal originally posted about is still what it is,....as the area mentioned is absolutely Black and Gray Rat territory, and certainlt not Texas Rat, etc...
But yes, I'm not disputing that there can't be a problem with portions of the map. As a matter of fact, I'd tend to agree with the absents of the Yellow Rat in the area you mentioned as well from other info I've gathered in the past.
BTW, do you have a better, more accurate range map for the Northern Ratsnake complex that you could post to better illustrate their distribution?
~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"
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RE: What kind of snake? - DMong, Thu Jun 12 14:50:03 2008