Brongersma's short-tailed python, blood python (Python brongersmai) Description
English: Python curtus brongersmai.
Date 6 February 2006 (original upload date)
Author The original uploader was Dawson at English Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dawson
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Python brongersmai, commonly known as Brongersma's short-tailed python, the blood python, or the red short-tailed python, is a species of python, a nonvenomous snake endemic to the Malay Peninsula. The specific name, brongersmai, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Leo Brongersma. This species was first described by Olive Griffith Stull in 1938 as a subspecies of Python curtus. This taxon has since been elevated and recognised as a full species by Pauwels et al. (2000). Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Pythonidae, Genus: Python, Species: Python brongersmai Stull, 1938.
Synonyms:
Python curtus brongersmai Stull, 1938
Python curtus brongersmai — Cox et al., 1998
Python curtus brongersmai — Chan-ard et al., 1999
Python brongersmai — Pauwels et al., 2000
Python brongersmai — Keogh, Barker & Shine, 2001
Aspidoboa brongersmai — Hoser, 2004
Python brongersmai — Schleip & O’Shea, 2010
