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Smith HM, Chiszar D.
“Dilemma of Name-Recognition: Why and When to Use New Combinations of Scientific Names”.
Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 2006 Jun 07;1(1):6-8.
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Abstract
Recently, several long-accepted scientific names of numerous genera with world wide or hemispheric distribution were split into two or more genera. Although most of these better represent the intricate relationships among groups of species within a genus in the broad sense (sensu lata), many biologists (especially those lacking taxonomic training) become confused by new taxonomic changes and are now uncertain how or what nomenclature is
acceptable. An insurgence of new names has appeared with the increasing role of molecular genetic techniques and their inherent role in expressing phylogenetic relationships through genus-group names.
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