I know scientific names are suppose to be meaningful, but over the years, they have proved NOT TO BE. At least not to a keepr or field workers. More meaningful amoungst taxo and cladist and such, just not to us. At the current state of SN confusion, common names are so much more accurate.

The reality is, A blairs is a mexicana, as is an alterna. That should not be forgotten. Blairs and alterna were considered to be different species not that long ago, until a fella from UofA caught a gravid female just south of the devils river bridge. It produced both alterna and blairi phases(I did that with thayeri) I actually went to his office and saw the animals. Then he consolidated them. But still, they are different, a blairs discribes one thing and alterna describes another.

So here we are sitting on a kingsnake forum, here I think alterna and blairs are names that work sorta well. The scientific names are due to change soon anyway. What will they be next. A fox snake???????? Wait, is a fox snake a rat snake or a pit??? hahahahahahaha I know, I know what it is, its a fox snake. Have fun and Cheers

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