Andrew , you wrote the following, "A species is what a taxonomist says
it is" as long as everyone else agrees with that taxonomist later."
my questions is this , first , how do you get anyone to agree as even the
best books are argued constantly.
second, if a taxonomy study shows a species to be nothing more then a color
form is this still a valid species ?
BUT a color form could actually show a difference in taxonomy , case in
point the albinistic form of trachycardium egmontianum that occurs commonly
in a few sand flats in south west Florida , the albino verses "normal"
species is about 2-1 normal being the greater number , should these be
considered a valid subspecies?
As for splitting it usually leads to a higher price for a color form of a
common species , there are far too many examples to give just one .