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Snake question
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9/29/2006 4:39:40 PM
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We got a definitive answer, though some apparently refuse to admit it. Here's what people who know what they are talking about say:
>>"Try this: ask them to supply just ONE range map that shows Diamondbacks in Randolph County, and/or just ONE legitimate reference book that differentiates between the Eastern Diamondback (Crotalus adamanteus) and a Florida Diamondback. I predict that you'll get a lot of bluster and "I know what I think and that's good enough for me!" indignation, but you WON'T get the range map nor the reference book. (If they'd like to discuss the topic with experts, I recommend they check out www.fieldherpers.com.)
And if they insist that they find Diamondbacks in Randolph County, have them get in touch with me; I'd love to go herping up there with them. I've never caught a C. adamanteus; of course, after a trip to Randolph County, I still won't have caught one.
(My guess: they are finding Timber/Canebrake Rattlers up there, and they are finding different color phases, and having a hard time believing that the pinkish snakes, the yellowish snakes and the blackish snakes are all the same species.)"
Also>>"There is no such thing as a "Florida Diamondback" Rattlesnake - they are all Eastern Diamondbacks Crotalus adamanteous. There is a Diamondback Watersnake Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer, but how anyone could confuse this with an Eastern Diamondback back is beyond me."
"Eastern Diamondbacks are the only diamondbacked rattlesnakes in Alabama and they only make it as far north as the Red Hills (southern Barbour county). They don't get near Randolph county according to records."
"The proof is in the pudding. Get one of these experts to show you a photo or better yet, a specimen from this area. It would be a significant range extension north.
And there is only one Diamondback found anywhere in the Southeast - the Eastern Diamondback. There is no such thing as a Florida Diamondback."
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