amethystine python, scrub python (Morelia amethistina) Morelia amethistina from the Bronx Zoo in New York City
Description
Morelia amethistina from the Bronx Zoo in New York City
Date 19 May 2008
Author One dead president https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:One_dead_president
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amethystine_Python.jpg
Morelia amethistina is a non-venomous species of snake, known as the amethystine, scrub python or Sanca permata locally, found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Pythonidae, Genus: Morelia, Species: Morelia amethistina (Schneider, 1801).
Synonyms:
[Boa] Amethistina Schneider, 1801
Python amethystinus – Daudin, 1803
[Constrictor] amethystina – Wagler, 1830
Boa amethystina – Wagler, 1830
Python amethystinus – Schlegel, 1837
[Boa Python] amethystinus – Schlegel, 1837
Liasis amethystinus – Gray, 1842
Liasis amethystinus – A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
Liasis (Simalia) amethystinus – Gray, 1849
Aspidopython Jakati Meyer, 1874
Liasis amethystinus – W. Peters & Doria, 1878
Liasis duceboracensis Günther, 1879
Hypaspistes dipsadides Ogilby, 1891
Python amethystinus – Boulenger, 1893
Liasis clarki Barbour, 1914
Liasis a[methistinus]. amethistinus – Stull, 1933
Liasis amethistinus kinghorni Stull, 1933
Liasis amethistinus – Brongersma, 1953
Liasis amethystinus kinghorni – Kinghorn, 1956
Liasis amethystinus amethystinus – Kinghorn, 1956
Liasis amethistinus – Stimson, 1969
Python amethistinus – McDowell, 1975
Morelia amethistina – H.G. Cogger, Cameron & H.M. Cogger, 1983
Australiasis amethistinus – Wells & Wellington, 1984
Australiasis kinghorni – Wells & Wellington, 1984
Morelia amethistina – Underwood & Stimson, 1990
M[orelia]. amethistina – Kluge, 1993
Morelia amethystina – Barker & Barker, 1994
Morelia amethistina amethistina – O'Shae, 1996
Morelia amethistina kinghorni – O'Shae, 1996
