Quote Originally Posted by chris-uk View Post
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I don't think you have that right. I think when an animal has been classified into a subspecies the common name for the subspecies applies, and not the common name of the parent species. In the case of T. sirtalis, you wouldn't call a tetrataenia, infernalis, or concinnus a "Common Garter" - they have been classified as subspecies with their own common name, therefore you wouldn't use the common name for the species they belong to when you have a more accurate subspecies name.
tetratenia, infernalis and concinnus are in the common garter complex...they are common garters