Timor python (Python timoriensis) Description
Python timoriensis
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:PythonTimoriensisRooij.jpg
Timor python, Python timoriensis is a python species found in South East Asia. Like all pythons, they are nonvenomous constrictors and not considered dangerous to humans. Found in South East Asia on the Lesser Sunda Islands (Flores, Lombien and Timor islands). The type locality given is "Kupang, (Timor)" [Indonesia]. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Pythonidae, Genus: Python, Species: Python timoriensis (Peters, 1876).
Synonyms:
Liasis amethystinus var. timoriensis Peters, 1876
Liasis Petersii Hubrecht, 1879
Python timorensis - Boulenger, 1893
Python timoriensis - Werner, 1899
Python timoriensis - Stimson, 1969
Australiasis timoriensis - Wells & Wellington, 1984
Morelia timoriensis - Welch, 1988
P[ython]. timoriensis - Kluge, 1993
Broghammerus timoriensis - Rawlings et al., 2008