Elaphe_Mo
New member
I just read the latest herp digest (www.herpdigest.org), and there is a mention of a recent article in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution about corn snakes. I looked up and read the article (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25 (Dec 2002) p465-476) and it is quite interesting. I just wanted to stir up some thoughts here, I know the discussion of intergrade v. hybrid comes up a lot. The author of this article used mitochondrial DNA analysis and called for 3 distinct species to be determined, corn snake (E guttata), great plains rat snake (E emori) and a new species E. slowinskii, http://www.cnah.org/detail.asp?id=1235
which seems to be what we know and love as the Kisatchie corn. Just some food for thought...
which seems to be what we know and love as the Kisatchie corn. Just some food for thought...
Last edited: