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batrachos
at Thu Jun 12 14:55:53 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by batrachos ]
Unfortunately, I don't know of any such map, and I don't know enough about the animals' distribution in other areas to draw one. It would be nice to have some kind of quantitative study of the color patterns in different parts of the range of this and other broad-ranging snakes, but it's just not the sort of thing that funding is available for. I think the existing range maps are largely based on impressions and guesswork, since the distinctions between the subspecies are not clear-cut and are often invisible in preserved specimens. Oh well!
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