>>WW wrote:

>>"In the case of Eunectes beniensis, there is evidence from a number of characters, recorded as part of the first major revision of the anacondas for 50 or so years, that suggests that it is a distinct anaconda, so personally, I would have no problem accepting it."

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>>WW is apparently employing typology here, since he is recognizing "E. beniensis" as a distinct species on the basis it has a different morphotype.

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Perhaps you would care to provide a reference (from Mayr or Kardong, your usual deities - or the only people whose papers you have read?) for the percentage of species described today for which any other data, particularly on reproductive isolation, is available?



You will probably find that if we use that criterion, the world's biodiversity comes down from an estimated 10-30 million species to approx. 2000, almost all vertebrates and/or medically and economically species. Biodiversity crisis? What biodiversity? What crisis?



Cheers,



Wolfgang
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