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Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia Spilota McDowelli)021
| Subject: | Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia Spilota McDowelli)021
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Date: 2006:11:17 14:18:20
Camera: NIKON D200 (NIKON CORPORATION)
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Upload Date: 2006:11:18 22:38:45
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Morelia spilota, commonly referred to as carpet python and diamond pythons, is a large snake of the family Pythonidae found in Australia, New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea), Bismarck Archipelago, and the northern Solomon Islands.
Morelia spilota mcdowelli is a subspecies of Morelia spilota, commonly known as the carpet python, and is informally named the Eastern, Coastal or McDowell's Carpet python. The original description and name was published by Wells and Wellington in 1984. It occurs along the northeastern coast of Australia and in New Guinea.
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Scientific Name: Morelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804)
Common Names: Carpet Python, Diamond Python, Western Australian Carpet Python
Synonyms:
Coluber spilotus Lacépède, 1804
Morelia argus Duméril & Bibron, 1844
Morelia metcalfei Wells & Wellington, 1985
Morelia variegata Gray, 1842
Python perronii Wagler, 1828
Python punctatus Merrem, 1820
Python spilotes (Lacépède, 1804) |
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