Simalia
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Simalia is a genus of snakes in the family Pythonidae.[1]
Taxonomy
Simalia Gray, 1849Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., was considered a taxonomic synonym of
- Liasis (a genus of non-venomous pythons found in Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia) and
- Morelia (a genus of large snakes, in the family Pythonidae, found in Australia, Indonesia and New Guinea),
but Reynolds et al. (2014)[2] resurrected the genus for the Morelia amethistina species group (which, together with Morelia viridis, had made the genus Morelia paraphyletic).
Species
The genus Simalia contains the following species:[1]
| Image | Species | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| File:High-Yellow Sorong Amethystine Scrub Python (Morelia amethistina).jpg | S. amethistina (Schneider, 1801)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (type species) | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
| File:Boelen Python 01.jpg | S. boeleni (Brongersma, 1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | New Guinea |
| File:Morelia clastolepis.jpg | S. clastolepis (Harvey et al., 2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Indonesia |
| File:Morelia kinghorni Australia Zoo.jpg | S. kinghorni (Stull, 1933)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | northern Australia |
| File:Morelia nauta xanthic.jpg | S. nauta (Harvey et al., 2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Indonesia |
| File:Morelia tracyae.jpg | S. tracyae (Harvey et al., 2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Indonesian island of Halmahera |
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As of June 2022, ITIS and the IUCN Red List also identify the Oenpelli python as Simalia oenpelliensis, while The Reptile Database places it in the monotypic genus Nyctophilopython.[3][4][5]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Simalia.
References
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- ↑ a b Simalia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 June 2022.
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- ↑ Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 June 2022.
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Further reading
- Gray JE (1849). Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xv + 125 pp. (Simalia, new genus, p. 91).