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at Thu Nov 13 04:44:11 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by WW ]
Hi Kelly,
>>Wolfgang,
>>Thanks for the comments. The term “official” was a poor choice of words on my part. You are correct however, in that I assumed Snake Species of the World was the accepted standard due to it’s reference in CITES nomenclature issues.
That means that CITES has decided to adopt this book as the basis for ITS species lists. However, that does not confer on that book any kind of authority inde ciding whether a name is valid or not.
>>Thanks for the clarification. Is the major Eunectes revision you are referring to that of Dirksen’s 2002 publication, and if so, is it available in an English translation. Thanks again,
Yes, it is Dirksen's book. I am not aware of an English language edition. It was published by a germanpublisher whose specialty if the publication of German PhD dissertations. I don't think any of them have been translated, although I could certainly see a market for English versions of some of them.
Cheers,
Wolfgang
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