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·Hey guys,
i was wondering if anyone know of anyone working with D. biolat?
i was wondering if anyone know of anyone working with D. biolat?
That is the general criteria for being considered another species, but not the only one. There are many different animals that can breed and produce offspring that are not considered the same species. Horses and mules are the most common example, but one only has to look at the snake part of the reptile hobby to find many different species crosses. Corn snakes crossed with rat snakes, kingsnakes crossed with ratsnakes, kingsnakes crossed with corn snakes, jungle carpet pythons crossed with green tree pythons or diamond pythons. The list goes on. Even Dendrobates hybridize readily. You could have a leuc x azureus or many other combinations, if you wanted. Not that I'm endorsing that, of course. So just because two different types of frogs are called the same thing and can possibly breed together doesn't make them the same species.tad604 said:I had always been taught speciation was when 2 animals couldnt produce fertile offspring (or any offspring) the two animals were said to be different species.
However its much more political than that I guess....
-Tad
Please forgive me if I'm wrong, but I thought a mule wasn't a species at all but the sterile cross of a horse and a donkey (thus horses and donkeys are two separate "species").Horses and mules are the most common
Your right, meant donkies. But they are still considered a seperate species, even though they can produce mules.tad604 said:Please forgive me if I'm wrong, but I thought a mule wasn't a species at all but the sterile cross of a horse and a donkey (thus horses and donkeys are two separate "species").Horses and mules are the most common
-Tad
I guess thats another way of saying politics.nder taxonomical regulations you are not allowed to name a species after yourself. This has to be done by someone else- as a result, it is often an honor and not glorious self recognition.