Hey,
Well for starters, neither of the two animals is found on either of the others island distribution. For example, Borneo Short-tails, are found only on the island of Borneo, while Red Bloods, can be found on various islands, not including Borneo. There are no reports of either of the two forms having ever been found on the others home turf. Bloods, however, can be found all the way from the mainland, known as Peninsular Malaysia, to Cambodia on the coast, to Viet Nams Makong River.

The only significant river in the south of Viet Nam, is the Mekong river, which flows from China into Laos. Then, from Laos the Mekong travels through Cambodia into Viet Nam. There are also, insular island forms of the Bloods, found on islands along the Malacca straits to along the eastern coast of Sumatra: Bangka Island being one of them.

In color and morphology, the animals are very distinct, having been isolated from one another by a large ocean mass. The two short-tails have evolved very differently with scalation and coloration setting them apart outwardly and respectively when viewed side by side. There is a very good paper written in colaboration by: J. SCOTT KEOGH, DAVID G. BARKER and RICHARD SHINE. If you need a copy of it, let me know and I'll email you a copy of the paper.

-Angel
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"Until we lose our self, there is no way of finding our self."
-Henry Miller.

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