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Posted by Terry Cox on January 27, 2003 at 16:14:27:

In Reply to: You're correct David that it . . > posted by terryp on January 27, 2003 at 09:36:41:

Remember lumping implies closeness too. If we split the ratsnakes, so that there are only a few in each genus, then it'll be hard to tell what a ratsnake is. We'll have tons of genera we call ratsnakes, rather than a bunch of species.

After having said that, I agree that renaming many of the American rats into Pantherophis is a good idea. Now we have Senticolis, Bogertophis, Pantherophis, and I believe Pseudoelaphe (for flavirufa), giving us a number of genera to go with Pituophis, Lampropeltis, Arizona, etc. Who's to say which genera are the most closely related. It boils down to quite a bit of subjectivity, imho, and it's good we have common names too..haha.

TC

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