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Morelia viridis or chondropython viridis??

mrcat997 Sep 19, 2005 12:42 PM

whats the correct name?

Replies (3)

Julian Garcia Sep 19, 2005 01:16 PM

Chondro was the old latin name until they got dumped together with Morelia.

People still say Chondro.

BelgianBeer Sep 19, 2005 02:29 PM

Chondro was found to not be meristically different from Morelia. Therefore Arnold Kluge Threw out Chondropython and Synonimised with Morelia. Hence Morelia is the Official Genus for GTPs.

MRCAT997 Sep 20, 2005 11:38 AM

hey thanks fellas,i just have always wondered about that.so whos Arnold Kluge??? guess i can just do a google search but im too lazy

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