I've been studying the Daeth Adder and why it is in the Elapid family since it shows all features of a viper (ambush predator, stout body, angular head, viper like scales, nocturnal,ect) and in every item I read the only reason I found was,"vipers are absent from australia" which doesn't say much of anything but I don't know if the Death Adder has been changed to viperids though since all the research info says that it is still in Elapidae. Since a species is the only one of it's family on the island doesn't mean they should include it into the next family. I would like to hear other people's view on this and possibly some why I'm wrong/right.
Thanks and Sincerely,
Mark V. Leppin

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