Taxonomy Profile: Morelia spilota (Lacépède 1804)

Morelia spilota: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Coluber spilotus
Lacépède 1804
Common Name(s):
Diamond Python []
Carpet Python []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Morelia spilota: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Serpentes
Snakes |
cobra |
serpente |
serpents |
Infraorder : Alethinophidia
Family : Pythonidae
Pythons |
Genus : Morelia
Species : Morelia spilota
Diamond Python |
Carpet Python |
Morelia spilota Direct Children(s):
Morelia spilota cheynei
(Wells and Wellington 1984)
Morelia spilota imbricata
(L A Smith 1981)
Morelia spilota mcdowelli
(Wells and Wellington 1984)
Morelia spilota metcalfei
(Wells and Wellington 1984)
Morelia spilota spilota
(Lacépède 1804)
Morelia spilota: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
Reptile Database (2019)
Acquired:
2019-07-09
Notes:
Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
Reference for:
Morelia spilota
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-07-02 / 1999-07-02
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
Page(s):
xi + 511
Publisher:
The Herpetologists' League
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-893777-01-4/1-893777-00-6
Notes:
Reference for:
Morelia spilota
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Reynolds, R. Graham, Matthew L. Niemiller, and Liam J. Revell
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2013-12-06 / 2013-12-06
Article/Chapter Title:
Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 71
Page(s):
201-213
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1055-7903
Notes:
doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011
Reference for:
Morelia spilota
Morelia spilota: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Australia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Morelia spilota: Comments