Found my first canebrake

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Originally Posted by gsarchie

My professor's name is George Pisani, and I only mentioned it because I have a great amount of respect for the man and he put some hard work into his research and field and lab work.

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I have no doubt he did, and I'm sure that he is right. I just feel that locale makes it a subspecies. I'd really like to read his paper. And my opinion is only based on what (some) keepers of the crotalus family believe and have explained to me. I have never done a scale count nor dissection or anything else scientific on my own to come to my conclusion.

1972. A re- evaluation of the subspecies of Crotalus horridus . Trans, Kans. Acad. Sci. 75(3):255-263 (1972, issued 1973). with Joseph T. Collins and Stephen R. Edwards. (R)

There is the citation but that is all that I could find. If you have access to JSTOR or something similar you would probably be able to find the article. Apparently, as with many things in the south, the Civil War being an example, the belief in the canebrake as a subspecies doesn't want to die! LOL And for the life of me I can't figure out why it matters anyway!

His email is gpisani@ku.edu. I'm sure if you emailed him and said you were curious about his paper he could look into emailing you a copy of it.

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Originally Posted by gsarchie

1972. A re- evaluation of the subspecies of Crotalus horridus . Trans, Kans. Acad. Sci. 75(3):255-263 (1972, issued 1973). with Joseph T. Collins and Stephen R. Edwards. (R)

There is the citation but that is all that I could find. If you have access to JSTOR or something similar you would probably be able to find the article. Apparently, as with many things in the south, the Civil War being an example, the belief in the canebrake as a subspecies doesn't want to die! LOL And for the life of me I can't figure out why it matters anyway!

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I'll look it up, thanks. And you lost me with the civil war reference.