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hermanbronsgeest
at Wed Oct 17 05:31:33 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by hermanbronsgeest ]
Terry,
Thanx for your reply. I agree with you on most points, however as we still don't know where the plesiomorphic members of the genus Pituophis (P. deppei, P. lineaticollis) fit in Burbrink et al's dendrogram, it is impossible to say at this time which species should be and which shouldn't be included in this genus. Therefore we cannot rule out the possibility that Bogertophis spp. should one day be renamed as Pituophis spp. On the other hand, the very same dendrogram clearly shows that this is not a very likely scenario.
Hasta la vista,
Herman.
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