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Morelia spilota (carpet python)

Reptilia - Pythonidae

Taxonomy
Coluber spilotus was named by Lacépède (1804). It is extant. Its type specimen is MNHN 3272, an other.

It was recombined as Python spilotus by McDowell (1975); it was recombined as Morelia spilota by Kluge (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Coluber spilotus Lacépède pp. 194/195, 209
1975Python spilotus McDowell pp. 63-66 figs. 15-19
1993Morelia spilota Kluge pp. 8, 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Henophidia
familyPythonidae(Fitzinger 1826)
genusMorelia
speciesspilota()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Morelia spilota Lacépède 1804 [carpet python]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: SVLsubf
Adult length: 1000 to < 10^4subf
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparoussubf
Created: 2005-09-09 18:05:37
Modified: 2005-09-09 20:05:37
Source: subf = subfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Greene 1997

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Australia (Queensland) Morelia spilota (154250)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Morelia spilota (235090)