Molecular phylogeny of viviparous Australian elapid snakes: affinities of Echiopsis atriceps (Storr, 1980) and Drysdalia coronata (Schlegel, 1837), with description of a new genus

Keogh, J Scott; Scott, Ian; Scanlon, J

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Molecular phylogeny of viviparous Australian elapid snakes: affinities of Echiopsis atriceps (Storr, 1980) and Drysdalia coronata (Schlegel, 1837), with description of a new genus

Date

2000

Authors

Keogh, J Scott

Scott, Ian

Scanlon, J

Publisher

Zoological Society of London

Abstract

The rare Australian venomous elapid snake 'Echiopsis' atriceps has been the subject of considerable taxonomic instability with the five known specimens assigned to four genera by various authorities. Phylogenetic affinities of the rare Elapognathus minor