As some of you already know Raymond Hoser has "reviewed" the genus Thamnophis.
In this topic I'd like to show what his results are.

Of course we can all ignore this guy, but we can also look critically at his work.
Personally I think the last thing is the best. I like to stay informed about these matters, even though I attach little value.
“I like to know my enemy”.

Mr. Hoser is a controversial person who is criticized a lot. Not only he revises lots of genera etc. in a way that is not the way other herpetologists think is acceptable, he also gets lots of criticism in other matters.
Think about the venemoids he creates. A venomoid is a venomous snake that has undergone a surgical procedure to remove or inhibit the production of venom. This is, in my opinion, a serious case of animal cruelty!
This venemoid matter has nothing to do with his revisions, but does not make him credible being a serious herpetologist.

Want to know more about him and his working methods, you can take a look at Wikipedia and when you want even more info and criticism about his work, Google his name.

The revision of the genus Thamnophis can be found in issue 12, 2012 of the Australasian Journal of Herpetology
Because this is a very big PDF and takes some time to download, I copied the Thamnophis part and made an other, much smaller PDF of it.

A review of the North American Garter Snakes Genus Thamnophis

Let’s try to keep the discussion civilized!

See how the snakes of the genus Thamnophis are going to be classified according to Mr. Hoser.

Content of Thamnophis Fitzinger, 1843

Thamnophis sauritus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thamnophis proximus (Say, 1823)

Content of Genus Chilopoma Cope, 1875

Chilopoma rufipunctatum Cope, 1875 (Type species)
Chilopoma angustirostris (Kennicott, 1860)
Chilopoma copei (Dugès, 1879)
Chilopoma bogerti (Rossman and Burbink, 2005)
Chilopoma conanti (Rossman and Burbink, 2005)
Chilopoma exsul (Rossman, 1969)
Chilopoma foxi (Rossman and Blaney, 1968)
Chilopoma godmani (Günther, 1894)
Chilopoma lineri (Rossman and Burbink, 2005)
Chilopoma melanogaster (Weigmann, 1830)
Chilopoma mendax (Walker, 1955)
Chilopoma scalaris (Cope, 1861)
Chilopoma scaliger (Jan, 1863)
Chilopoma sumichrasti (Cope, 1866)
Chilopoma valida (Kennicott, 1860)

Content of subgenus Adelophis Dugès, 1879

Chilopoma (Adelophis) copei (Dugès, 1879)
Chilopoma (Adelophis) bogerti (Rossman and Burbink, 2005)
Chilopoma (Adelophis) conanti (Rossman and Burbink, 2005)
Chilopoma (Adelophis) exsul (Rossman, 1969)
Chilopoma (Adelophis) foxi (Rossman and Blaney, 1968)
Chilopoma (Adelophis) godmani (Günther, 1894)
Chilopoma (Adelophis) lineri (Rossman and Burbink, 2005)
Chilopoma (Adelophis) melanogaster (Weigmann, 1830)
Chilopoma (Adelophis) mendax (Walker, 1955)
Chilopoma (Adelophis) scalaris (Cope, 1861)
Chilopoma (Adelophis) scaliger (Jan, 1863)
Chilopoma (Adelophis) sumichrasti (Cope, 1866)
Chilopoma (Adelophis) valida (Kennicott, 1860)

Content of Genus Brucerogersus gen. nov.

Brucerogersus chrysocephalus (Cope, 1885)
Brucerogersus fulvus (Bocourt, 1893)

Content of Genus Gregswedoshus gen. nov.

Gregswedoshus elegans (Baird and Girard, 1853) (Type species)
Gregswedoshus atratus (Kennicott, 1860)
Gregswedoshus brachystoma (Cope, 1892)
Gregswedoshus butleri (Cope, 1889)
Gregswedoshus couchii (Kennicott, 1859)
Gregswedoshus cyrtopsis (Kennicott, 1860)
Gregswedoshus eques (Reuss, 1834)
Gregswedoshus gigas (Fitch, 1940)
Gregswedoshus hammondii (Kennicott, 1860)
Gregswedoshus marcianus (Baird and Girard, 1853)
Gregswedoshus nigronuchalis (Thompson, 1957)
Gregswedoshus ordinoides (Baird and Girard, 1852)
Gregswedoshus postremus (Smith, 1942)
Gregswedoshus rossmani (Conant, 2000)
Gregswedoshus pulchrilatus (Cope, 1885)
Gregswedoshus radix (Baird and Girard, 1853)

Content of Subgenus Whybrowus subgen. nov.

Gregswedoshus (Whybrowus) cyrtopsis (Kennicott, 1860) (Monotypic for the type species)

Content of subgenus Neilsonnemanus subgen. nov.

Gregswedoshus (Neilsonnemanus) eques (Reuss, 1834) (Type
species)
Gregswedoshus (Neilsonnemanus) marcianus (Baird and
Girard, 1853)
Gregswedoshus (Neilsonnemanus) postremus (Smith, 1942)
Gregswedoshus (Neilsonnemanus) pulchrilatus (Cope, 1885)
Gregswedoshus (Neilsonnemanus) rossmani (Conant, 2000)