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Southern African rock python (Python sebae natalensis)
| Subject: | Southern African rock python (Python sebae natalensis)
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Date: 2010:02:03 17:40:36
Camera: C-LUX 2 (LEICA)
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1840 drawing of southern subspecies by Sir Andrew Smith
Southern African rock python Python sebae natalensis Smith 1833
Description
English: PYTHON NATALENSIS (Southern African Python) (Reptilia Plate 9) in A. Smith: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, Reptilia. Smith, Elder, and Co., London 1840
Deutsch: PYTHON NATALENSIS (Südlicher Felsenpython) (Reptilia Plate 9) in A. Smith: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, Reptilia. Smith, Elder, and Co., London 1840
Date 1840
Source A. Smith: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, Reptilia. Smith, Elder, and Co., London 1840
Author Sir Andrew Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Smith_(zoologist)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Python_natalensis_Smith_1840.jpg
The African rock python (Python sebae) is a large, nonvenomous snake of sub-Saharan Africa. Africa's largest snake and one of the six largest snake species in the world (along with the green anaconda, reticulated python, Burmese python, Indian python, and amethystine python), specimens may approach or exceed 6 m. The southern subspecies is generally smaller than its northern relative. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Pythonidae, Genus: Python, Species: Python sebae (Gmelin, 1788)
Synonyms:
Coluber sebae Gmelin, 1788
Coluber speciosus Bonnaterre, 1790
Boa hieroglyphica Schneider, 1801
Python houttuyni Daudin, 1803
Python liberiensis Hallowell, 1845
Hortulia sebae – Gray, 1849
Boa liberiensis – Hallowell, 1854
Python sebae – Boettger, 1887
Python sebae – Boulenger, 1893
Python jubalis Pitman, 1936
Python sebae sebae – Broadley, 1983
Python sebae – Branch, 1991
Python sebae – Kluge, 1993
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Python sebae (Gmelin, 1789)
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