pygmy python, anthill python (Antaresia perthensis)

pygmy python, anthill python (Antaresia perthensis)

Description
Pygmy python (Antaresia perthensis). Taken near Tom Price, Western Australia.
Author Smacdonald
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antaresia_perthensis.jpg

Antaresia perthensis is a species of snake found in Western Australia. Their common names, pygmy python and anthill python, refer to the fact that they are the smallest member of the family Pythonidae and are often found in termite mounds. The specific epithet is derived from the state capital, Perth, despite the fact that this place is not within the range of the species. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Pythonidae, Genus: Antaresia, Species: Antaresia perthensis Stull, 1932.
Synonyms:
Liasis childreni perthensis - Stull, 1932
Liasis perthensis - Cogger, Cameron & Cogger, 1983
Bothrochilus perthensis - Cogger, Cameron & Cogger, 1983
Morelia perthensis - Underwood & Stimson, 1990
Liasis perthensis - Cogger, 1992
Antaresia perthensis - Kluge, 1993


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Description		pygmy python, anthill python (Antaresia perthensis) Description Pygmy python (Antaresia perthensis). Taken near Tom Price, Western Australia. Author Smacdonald Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antaresia_perthensis.jpg Antaresia perthensis is a species of snake found in Western Australia. Their common names, pygmy python and anthill python, refer to the fact that they are the smallest member of the family Pythonidae and are often found in termite mounds. The specific epithet is derived from the state capital, Perth, despite the fact that this place is not within the range of the species. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Pythonidae, Genus: Antaresia, Species: Antaresia perthensis Stull, 1932. Synonyms: Liasis childreni perthensis - Stull, 1932 Liasis perthensis - Cogger, Cameron & Cogger, 1983 Bothrochilus perthensis - Cogger, Cameron & Cogger, 1983 Morelia perthensis - Underwood & Stimson, 1990 Liasis perthensis - Cogger, 1992 Antaresia perthensis - Kluge, 1993

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