Description
Français : Apodora papuana en captivité
English: Apodora papuana in captivity
Date 23 September 2013
Source Own work
Author Etienne Boncourt (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Goodshort)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apodora_papuana_2.JPG

Apodora papuana is a non-venomous python species found in New Guinea. Common names include Irian python, Papuan python or Papuan olive python. Found in most of New Guinea, from Misool to Fergusson Island. The type locality given is "Ramoi Nova Guinea austro-occidentiali" (Ramoi, near Sorong, Irian Jaya, Indonesia). Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Pythonidae, Genus: Apodora, Species: Apodora papuana (Peters & Doria, 1878).
Synonyms:
Apodora - Kluge, 1993
Liasis papuanus - Peters & Doria, 1878
Liasis papuanus - Boulenger, 1893
Liasis papuanus - Boulenger, 1895
Liasis tornieri - Werner, 1897
Liasis olivaceus papuanus - Stull, 1935
Liasis maximus - Werner, 1936
Liasis papuano - Werner, 1936
Liasis papuanus - McDowell, 1975
Lisalia papuana - Wells & Wellington, 1985
Morelia papuana - Underwood & Stimson, 1990
Apodora papuana - Kluge, 1993