Re: New Taxonomy in the Elaphe obsoleta-complex

Posted by Jan Grathwohl on October 16, 2001 at 01:50:02:

In Reply to: Re: New Taxonomy in the Elaphe obsoleta-complex posted by Dwight Good on October 16, 2001 at 00:59:06:

Hi Dwight

I think the article in Evolution was the DNA part of the article I mentioned also by Burbrink (and others).

As i read the article their is enough evidence to show that the previous taxonomy is wrong, as you the variation among the former subspecies are so great, that you cannot tell them apart for sure, without knowing the exact locality of origin. This is also one of the reasons why many scientist no longer use the subspeciesterm.

I think we have to get used to the new taxonomy, whether we like it or not. And this probably will mean that many amateur herpetologist will have to rename the animals they are keeping/breeding.

regards

Jan Grathwohl
Nordic Herpetological Society (http://www.nhf.dk)

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