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rearfang
at Tue Nov 9 12:57:47 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rearfang ]
Ptyas (to the best of my knowledge) do not have the groove in the enlarged back teeth that signified what used to be called opistoglyphs. Many snakes that had enlarged back teeth but lacked this groove are venom producing but had been placed in colubridae.
BGF could explain it much better as his famous paper is what opened Pandora's box on the subject of what is and is not venomous.
Frank ----- "The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."
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- Some opistoglyph snake`s of my collection:Boiga`s,Ptyas,Philodryas,Psammnophis - Cynodon, Mon Nov 8 13:30:27 2004
- RE: Some opistoglyph snake`s of my collection:Boiga`s,Ptyas,Philodryas,Psammnophis - rearfang, Mon Nov 8 14:18:17 2004
- RE: Some opistoglyph snake`s of my collection:Boiga`s,Ptyas,Philodryas,Psammnophis - Bushmaster, Tue Nov 9 05:23:49 2004
- RE: Some opistoglyph snake`s of my collection:Boiga`s,Ptyas,Philodryas,Psammnophis - Giel, Tue Nov 9 06:52:42 2004
RE: Some opistoglyph snake`s of my collection:Boiga`s,Ptyas,Philodryas,Psammnophis - rearfang, Tue Nov 9 12:57:47 2004
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