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RE: Is Heteron with Hydrodynastes gigas at all related?

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Posted by: BGF at Wed Sep 24 01:50:54 2003   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BGF ]  
   

Hi mate

Both are in the Xenodontinae family and are therefore much closer to each other than to a corn snake (which is in the Colubrinae family).

Have a look at the venom paper linked below for more info on the relative taxonomy.

Cheers
BGF
Colubroidea snake venom evolution paper

   

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