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carpet python (Morelia spilota)
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Description
Python spilotes
Date 1915
Source Rooij, Nelly de. 1915. The reptiles of the Indo-Australian archipelago. Leiden. Vol. 2
Author Nelly de Rooij
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PythonSpilotesRooij.jpg
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. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Pythonidae, Genus: Morelia, Species: Morelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804)
Subspecies:
Morelia spilota cheynei Wells & Wellington, 1984 Jungle carpet python Australia in northeastern Queensland.
Morelia spilota imbricata (L.A. Smith, 1981) Southern carpet python Across Southwest Australia to the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.
Morelia spilota mcdowelli Wells & Wellington, 1984 Coastal carpet python Australia in eastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales.
Morelia spilota metcalfei Wells & Wellington, 1984 Inland carpet python Australia in the Murray-Darling Basin of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
Morelia spilota spilota (Lacépède, 1804) Diamond python Australia in eastern New South Wales and the extreme east of Victoria.
Morelia spilota variegata J.E.Gray, 1842 Darwin carpet python Australia in northwestern Western Australia and in the northern portion of the Northern Territory.
Morelia spilota harrisoni Hoser, 2000 Irian Jaya or Papuan carpet python New Guinea (Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea). |
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