What subspecies is this?

[pealow]

Western T. h. robertmertensi advertised as a Western on Kingsnake for $149.00. Just curious.

Paula

[egyptiandan]

That was the old subspecies name for the Western Hermanns Paula.
Someone in the 80's revisited the holotype of the subspecies, which I think is in a museum in France. It had been thought to be an Eastern Hermanns (which at the time was T. hermanni hermanni).
It was found out to be a Western Hermanns, so the Western Hermanns had to have the name T. hermanni hermanni. The next oldest valid subspecies name for Eastern Hermanns was boettgeri.

Danny

[pealow]

egyptiandan Wrote:That was the old subspecies name for the Western Hermanns Paula.
Someone in the 80's revisited the holotype of the subspecies, which I think is in a museum in France. It had been thought to be an Eastern Hermanns (which at the time was T. hermanni hermanni).
It was found out to be a Western Hermanns, so the Western Hermanns had to have the name T. hermanni hermanni. The next oldest valid subspecies name for Eastern Hermanns was boettgeri.

Danny

Thanks Danny.
Paula

[HermanniChris]

By the way, that animal advertised on kingsnake is NOT a western...I sent a kind e-mail we'll see if anything is done about it. Unfortunatley someone will most likely buy it thinking it is a western.

[pealow]

HermanniChris Wrote:By the way, that animal advertised on kingsnake is NOT a western...I sent a kind e-mail we'll see if anything is done about it. Unfortunatley someone will most likely buy it thinking it is a western.

Certainly it did not look like mine, who by the way is doing wonderfully!

Paula