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| name = Timor python<br />
| image = Python timoriensis Tropicario 1.JPG<br />
| image_caption = ''Malayopython timoriensis'' in a zoo<br />
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| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status = VU<br />
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| genus = Malayopython<br />
| species = timoriensis<br />
| authority = ([[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1876)<br />
| synonyms = *''Liasis amethystinus'' var. ''timoriensis'' <br>{{small|W. Peters, 1876}}<br />
*''Liasis Petersii'' <br>{{small|[[Ambrosius Hubrecht|Hubrecht]], 1879}}<br />
*''Python timorensis'' <br>{{small|— [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1893}}<br />
*''Python timoriensis'' <br>{{small|— [[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1899}}<br />
*''Python timoriensis'' <br>{{small|— [[Andrew Francis Stimson|Stimson]], 1969}}<br />
*''Australiasis timoriensis'' <br>{{small|— [[Richard Walter Wells|Wells]] & [[Cliff Ross Wellington|Wellington]], 1984}}<br />
*''Morelia timoriensis'' <br>{{small|— [[Kenneth R. G. Welch|Welch]], 1988}}<br />
*''P'' [''ython'']. ''timoriensis'' <br>{{small|— [[Arnold G. Kluge|Kluge]], 1993}}<ref name="McD99">[[:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell JA]], [[T'Shaka Touré|Touré T]] (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1.'' Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).</ref><br />
*''Broghammerus timoriensis'' <br>{{small|— [[Lesley H. Rawlings|Rawlings]] et al., 2008}}<ref name="Raw08">[[Lesley H. Rawlings|Rawlings LH]], [[Daniel L. Rabosky|Rabosky DL]], [[Steve Donnellan (scientist)|Donnellan SC]], [[Mark Norman Hutchinson|Hutchinson MN]] (2008). "Python phylogenetics: inference from morphology and mitochondrial DNA". ''Biological Journal of the Linnean Society'' '''93''': 603-619.</ref><br />
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The '''Timor python''' ('''''Malayopython timoriensis''''') is a [[Pythonidae|python]] [[species]] found in [[Southeast Asia]]. A dwarf species, no [[subspecies]] are recognized as being valid.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|id=634786|taxon=''Python timoriensis ''|accessdate=21 September 2007}}</ref> Like all pythons, it is a [[venom|nonvenomous]] [[Constriction|constrictor]]; unlike larger species such as the [[reticulated python]], it is not considered dangerous to humans.<br />
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==Description==<br />
The Timor python is a fairly long, over {{convert|7|ft|m|abbr=on}}, but relatively thin python. It has a series of heat-sensing pits between its nostrils and mouth used to find warm-blooded prey in total darkness. It is cold-blooded.<ref name="Meh87">[[John M. Mehrtens|Mehrtens JM]] (1987). ''Living Snakes of the World in Color''. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. {{ISBN|0-8069-6460-X}}.</ref><br />
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==Geographic range==<br />
''M. timoriensis'' is found in Southeast Asia on the [[Lesser Sunda Islands]] ([[Flores]], Lombien and [[Timor]] islands), its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] is given as "[[Kupang]], (Timor)" [Indonesia].<ref name="McD99"/> This may not accurately reflect the location where the specimen was collected.<ref name="OShea">{{cite journal | last1=O'Shea | first1 = Mark | author-link = Mark O'Shea (herpetologist) |title=Reconciling Unexpected Collection Localities for Three New Guinea Worm-eating Snakes (Toxicocalamus, Serpentes, Elapidae) Using Historical Accounts |year=2018 |journal=Herpetological Review|volume=49|issue=2|pages=189-207}}</ref><br />
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==Behavior==<br />
''M. timoriensis'' is partly [[Arboreal locomotion|arboreal]].<ref name=RDB>"''Malayopython timoriensis'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref><br />
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==Feeding==<br />
Captive specimens of ''M. timoriensis'' have been known to accept birds and small mammals.<ref name="Meh87"/><br />
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==Reproduction==<br />
''M. timoriensis'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB/><br />
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==Taxonomy==<br />
''Liasis amethystinus'' var. ''timoriensis'' was the scientific name proposed by [[Wilhelm Peters]] in 1876.<ref>[[Wilhelm Peters|Peters W]] (1876). "''Über die von S. M. S. Gazelle mitgebrachten Amphibien'' ". ''Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin'' '''1876''': 528–535 + Plate. (''Liasis amethystinus'' var. ''timoriensis'', new variety, p. 533 + Plate, figures 3, 3a, 3b, 3c). (in German).</ref><br />
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Authors of a [[phylogenetic]] study suggested that the Timor python together with the reticulated python should be moved to a distinct genus ''Broghammerus''.<ref name="Raw08"/> Subsequent phylogenetic analyses have supported the separation of the Timor and reticulated pythons from genus ''Python''. However, ''Broghammerus'' is considered an invalid name by most authorities, which made R. Graham Reynolds et al. formally rename this clade ''Malayopython'' in 2014, a decision that was followed by many authors.<ref name="Reyn01">{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011|author=[[R. Graham Reynolds|Reynolds RG]], [[Matthew L. Niemiller|Niemiller ML]], [[Liam J. Revell|Revell LJ]]|title=Toward a tree-of-life for the boas and pythons: multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling|year=2014|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=71|pages=201–213|pmid=24315866}}</ref><ref name=Kaiser>{{cite journal|title=Best Practices: In the 21st Century, Taxonomic Decisions in Herpetology are Acceptable Only When Supported by a Body of Evidence and Published via Peer-Review|url=http://www.markoshea.info/downloads/Kaiser-et-al-2013.pdf|author=[[Hinrich Kaiser|Kaiser H]], [[Brian I. Crother|Crother BI]], [[Christopher M. R. Kelly|Kelly CMR]], [[Luca Luiselli|Luiselli L]], [[Mark O'Shea (herpetologist)|O'Shea M]], [[Hidetoshi Ota|Ota H]], [[Paulo Passos|Passos P]], [[Wulf D. Schleip|Schleip W]], [[Wolfgang Wüster|Wüster W]]|year=2013|journal=Herpetological Review|volume=44|issue=1|pages=8–23}}</ref><ref name="Barker01">{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/zoj.12267|vauthors=[[David G. Barker|Barker DG]], [[Tray M. Barker|Barker TM]], [[Mark A. Davis (herpetologist)|Davis MA]], [[Gordon W. Schuett|Schuett GW]]|title=A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage|year=2015|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=175|pages=1–19|url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-pdf/175/1/1/16876780/zoj12267.pdf|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Booth01">{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/bij.12744 |vauthors=[[Warren Booth|Booth W]], Schuett GW |title=The emerging phylogenetic pattern of parthenogenesis in snakes |year=2016 |journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=118|issue=2|pages=172–186|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1893). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Containing the Families ... Boidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. ("''Python timorensis'' [sic]", p. 85).<br />
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