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RSNewton
at Sun Oct 5 00:51:01 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RSNewton ]
From what is written within the abstract, the Australian population appears to have originated in the southern part of New Guinea. This fact alone will not be able to tell us whether the Australian population is recognizable as a separate subspecies or even a separate species. One must look at such other things as mating behavior, karyotype, ecological differences and hemipenial structure, or perhaps even microdermatoglyphics to determine the taxonomic status of the Australian population.
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