Morelia spilota Lacépède 1804 (carpet python)
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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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