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Posted by Terry Cox on September 14, 2002 at 07:21:39:
In Reply to: Intermontana???????? posted by dh on September 11, 2002 at 16:50:41:
...they are more closely related to emoryi than guttata, and since "emoryi" is still considered by most to be a subspecies of "guttata", and the fact that "intermontana" is supposed to have intergrades with "emoryi", they are considered "emoryi". However, I would put my two cents in here and say that I don't agree. I think "intermontana" is quite isolated and can be readily distinguished from "emoryi". I also think that "emoryi" is quite distinct from "guttata" and there either aren't any intergrades, or the intergrades are few and questionable. Thus, I would be in the group that recognizes Elaphe emoryi, and I would make intermontana a ssps. of them, thus being E. emoryi intermontana. If that is never going to happen, then another possibility would be to make them, E. guttata intermontana (there's already E. g. guttata, E. g. emoryi, and E. g. meahllmorum). There's always the other extreme too. They might get considered a separate species someday, along with emoryi, and we could get E. guttata, E. emoryi, and E. intermontana, although I seriously doubt that, haha.
Like I said, just my opinion :)
TC
