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Morelia

Reptilia - Pythonidae

Taxonomy
Morelia was named by Gray (1842). It is extant.

It was assigned to Boidae by Gray (1842); and to Pythoninae by Smith and Plane (1985) and Scanlon (2001).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Morelia Gray
1985Montypythonoides Smith and Plane p. 191
1985Morelia Smith and Plane p. 192
2001Morelia Scanlon p. 6

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

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.

G. Morelia Gray 1842
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†Morelia riversleighensis Smith and Plane 1985
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Invalid names: Morelia antiqua Smith and Plane 1985 [synonym]
Morelia spilota Lacépède 1804 [carpet python]
Invalid names: Montypythonoides Smith and Plane 1985 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. J. Smith and M. Plane 1985 (Montypythonoides)Maxilla with a prominent bulge on the labial surface about half way along its length; maxillary teeth curved near base, a weakly developed cutting ridge on labial side of tooth, no cutting ridge on lingual side of tooth.
J. D. Scanlon 2001(refers to characters diagnostic of Morelia or more inclusive clades of Pythoninae, and which can be evaluated in the material described in this work): two teeth on each ramus of premaxilla; anterior palatine teeth longer (or at least, thicker and more erect) than posterior ones; posterior margin of palatine choanal process deeply concave; anterior margin of premaxilla concave; ventral openings of premaxillary channels posterior to alveoli; lateral bulge present on maxilla.