in your face! (up close & personal)

[jitami]

Love that first pic of Limon... he looks dorky and gorgeous all at the same time

[Stefan-A]

lol gertie!!! you can just abr. for example!!! Th.s.p. lol

Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii? Thamnophis sirtalis pallidulus?

T. sirtalis parietalis is the shortest "proper" way to write it. You only abbreviate the species if the subspecies is the same, eg. T. s. sirtalis, T. e. elegans or T. p. proximus. There are more rules, but who cares.

[Zephyr]

I cheat and do T. s. etc
For most of them.

[Stefan-A]

So do I, but I try to avoid it when it's possible to misunderstand what species or subspecies you're talking about.