Hi Wulf,



I was very pleased to hear about the DNA paper kindly quoted by Wolfgang. It more or less confirms what I already suspected in part in regards to the relationship between the Aussie population and that of southern New Guinea. I have previously had experience with the different forms and they are not really all that "cryptic" morphologically. As I mentioned earlier, I intend publishing a little note on the Chondro's and the DNA paper will of course be used as an important reference. However, in relation to Ray's paper that was supposedly published in the Newsletter of the Macarthur Herpetological Society, I have not yet been able to obtain an original of the issue, despite requests to both the publisher and of course Ray. The author has promised me so many times to send me a copy and yet delivered nothing, that I fear I may be off his reprint list! As for the publisher - the Macarthur Herpetological Society - they have been going through a period of committee reorganization of late, so I expect that would explain the delay. That I have been unable to obtain, or even sight an original of this work, even though I applied to the publisher within days of its stated date of publication by Hoser, does not look good for the Code's criteria of availability being met by Ray. Similarly requests to the National Library of Australia and the State Reference Library in NSW (the legal deposit libraries) have been unsuccessful, as neither library has actually received it either. Surely it HAS been published, but I am afraid until I see an original, I have my doubts on its legality as a new taxon. Has anyone to your knowledge actually obtained a copy as yet, and if so does it constitute a publication as legally defined in the Code?



With Best Regards



Richard Wells

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