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| | The Cold Blooded News - Vol.29, No.10, October 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Belonging to the family "Xenopeltidae", originally described in 1827, there is some debate as to the taxonomy of this species, with little attention given to it over the past 175 years! |
 | | Some taxonomists believe Sunbeams are related to the cylinder snakes (Aniliidae), while others believe they are more related to the Neotropical pythons (Loxocemidae). |
 | | Whatever the rate, the Sunbeams are definitively unlike any of the other 2700 different snake species. |
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