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Old 08-31-2007, 05:17 PM   #25 (permalink)
drache
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Re: is this a red sided?

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Originally Posted by GarterGuy View Post
No, the scale counts are the same for both of them, they're just subspecies of T.sirtalis.
hang me, if I'm way off here
if they're just a sub-species anyway
with from what I see as a decent enough overlap in territory
aren't some of these distinctions purely academic?
sort of like in the case of Terry's snakes
I'm sure the snakes don't care
and after witnessing this long debate
I'm beginning to wonder whether it's a different subspecies at all
maybe it's more like a local variation
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