Quote Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post
Everyone's related if you go back far enough. I don't think Xenochrophis and Thamnophis are closely related, this may be more about convergent evolution than actual "kinship". Naturally, I could be wrong, but I think Thamnophis was actually much more closely related to Rhabdophis.
you're probably closer to right than I am
I was linking two unrelated facts in my often rather undisciplined mind