Morelia spilota Lacépède 1804 (carpet python)

Reptilia - Squamata - Pythonidae

Alternative combinations: Coluber spilotus, Python spilotus

Full reference: B. Lacépède. 1804. Sur plusieurs animaux de la Nouvelle-Hollande dont la description n’a pas encore été publiée. Annales du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris 4:184-211

Belongs to Morelia according to A. G. Kluge 1993

See also Lacépède 1804 and McDowell 1975

Sister taxon: Morelia riversleighensis

Type specimen: MNHN 3272, an other

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)

• Miocene of Australia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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