is this right?

[hediki]

on cornsnake.net they have corn snake scientific name as Pantherophis guttatus
wen i thought it was elaphe guttata. please explane wat Pantherophis guttatus is.thx.

[drizzt_19]

The name elaphe was taken away and cornsnakes were made their own species...They are no longer a sub-species

[hediki]

since when have they done it? this year?

[Kel]

Yes it was this year. I believe the "Old World" Eurasian rat snakes have kept the Elaphe designation. The New World American rat snakes were given their own designation of Pantherophis, to recognise their status as a distinct species.