Try this paper to see where evolution is taking them...
WÜSTER, W., A.J. DUMBRELL, C. HAY, C.E. POOK, D.J. WILLIAMS & B.G.FRY (2005) Snakes across the Strait: Trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus and Pseudechis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(1): 1-14. pdf
It's the 4th pub down on WW's Publication list page.
Cheers!
I owe, I owe so it's off to work I go....
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You can take the snake out of the jungle but you can't take the jungle out of the snake.
