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Taxonomic Split 4507 (Committed on 2013-04-03)

Rodríguez elevated the southern population to species status (Charina umbratica), snakes north of Los Angeles are still Charina bottae which includes all current iNat observations

Mitochondrial DNA-based phylogeograph... (Citation) | Charina bottae split
Added by loarie on April 3, 2013 08:48 PM | Committed by loarie on April 3, 2013
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Could you clarify? What exactly does "north of Los Angles mean? What about snakes in the Transverse Ranges?

Posted by kueda over 7 years ago

californiaherps would suggest Southern Rubber boa in the transverse ranges:

Posted by loarie over 7 years ago

Weird, the map in Rodríguez-Robles et al. would suggest C. bottae. This came up in a demo during my workshop today, so the attendees got an unasked for dive in the horrifying world of taxon changes.

Posted by kueda over 7 years ago

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