Scientific Name: Python brongersmai Stull, 1938
Common Names: Brongersma's Short-tailed Python, Blood Python, Red Short-tailed Python, Red Blood Python
Synonyms: Python curtus ssp. brongersmai Stull, 1938
Taxonomic Notes: This species was long recognized as a subspecies of P. curtus (as P. c. brongersmai), but was elevated to a full species by Keogh et al. (2001) on the basis of its morphological and genetic distinctiveness. |