Re: Take a look - particularly at the last entry>>

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Posted by Terry Cox on June 28, 2001 at 06:44:51:

In Reply to: Take a look - particularly at the last entry>> posted by Jerry Feldner on June 27, 2001 at 19:30:35:

Jerry...thanks very much for the search and kind remarks (how do you do that search?)

Yes, I have the ratsnake monograph, by the author, K. D. Schulz. It is like the bible of ratsnake enthusiasts, and Schulz is like the ratsnake guru. I also have Adler's "Herpetology of China", another great book.

I've been following the publications of Schulz since about 1988, when I got started with ratsnakes, and he was publishing in European magazines. The one I subscribed to was, "The Snake Keeper", which is now defunct. E-mail me if you need more info.

In the accounts on Dione's ratsnake, there was very little information on the Korean forms, because not much had come out of the Koreas, except along the borders with China and Russia, where the forms are much darker, and more like the typical Steppes rat. From other parts of the Korean Peninsula, reports are from earlier records of distribution and habitat.

I think there's enough differences, that this form should be given, at least, a subspecies status. It also makes a fantastic pet. I'll probably be working with the original pair for as long as they'll cooperate, but would also like to see some more examples from South Korea. If it enters the "Pet Trade", then we'll need some fresh bloodlines to keep it going in it's pure form. I'll be making more reports in the near future on Ratsnake Forum.

TMC

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: Jerry...thanks very much for the search and kind remarks (how do you do that search?) : Yes, I have the ratsnake monograph, by the author, K. D. Schulz. It is like the bible of ratsnake enthusiasts, and Schulz is like the ratsnake guru. I also have Adler's "Herpetology of China", another great book. : I've been following the publications of Schulz since about 1988, when I got started with ratsnakes, and he was publishing in European magazines. The one I subscribed to was, "The Snake Keeper", which is now defunct. E-mail me if you need more info. : In the accounts on Dione's ratsnake, there was very little information on the Korean forms, because not much had come out of the Koreas, except along the borders with China and Russia, where the forms are much darker, and more like the typical Steppes rat. From other parts of the Korean Peninsula, reports are from earlier records of distribution and habitat. : I think there's enough differences, that this form should be given, at least, a subspecies status. It also makes a fantastic pet. I'll probably be working with the original pair for as long as they'll cooperate, but would also like to see some more examples from South Korea. If it enters the "Pet Trade", then we'll need some fresh bloodlines to keep it going in it's pure form. I'll be making more reports in the near future on Ratsnake Forum. : TMC

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