Morelia boeleni
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- Common names: Boelen's python.[2]
Morelia boeleni is a non-venomous python species found in the mountains of New Guinea.[2] No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]
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[edit] Description
The color pattern is a black with a creamy white belly. The white extends up the flanks as a series of streaks. The labial scales are also white. The black portions are commonly iridescent with an oil-slick like sheen.
[edit] Geographic range
Found in Indonesia (Western New Guinea in the Wissel Lakes region) and Papua New Guinea (the provinces of Eastern Highlands, Central and Morobe, and Goodenough Island). The type locality given is "Dimija (3°56'S, 136°18'E), Wissel Lakes, Dutch New Guinea, about 1750 m (5700 ft) above sea level" (Western New Guinea, Indonesia).[1]
[edit] Habitat
Mountain jungles.
[edit] Feeding
The diet consists of mammals and birds.
[edit] See also
- List of pythonid species and subspecies.
- Pythonidae by common name.
- Pythonidae by taxonomic synonyms.
[edit] References
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ^ Morelia boeleni (TSN 634776). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 18 September 2007.
[edit] External links
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- Morelia boeleni at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 18 September 2007.
