Talk:Morelia (genus)

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Species described by Raymond Hoser may not be "valid", many species he describes are almost always rejected by the scientific community as a whole. [1] I am not a taxonomist, but I feel its only fair to let people know. Natter 08:15, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dead rabbit image

Does this seem a bit much? Lawrence Cohen 20:54, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree that it's not the most tasteful image, but in some ways it's a better one of this (sub)species than the image in the taxobox in the Morelia spilota article. Unfortunately, they may be the only two that we have. By the way, the rabbit looks to be frozen-thawed, so I don't think the snake killed it. --Jwinius (talk) 13:02, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I guess in hindsight it's not totally horrible. Bit of a shock, though. Lawrence Cohen 22:19, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] valid?

Is this species Morelia riversleighensis (Smith and Plane, 1985) name valid? I can only find some scant references to it. A synonym is given in some of these refs, Montypythonoides riversleighensis, and I confess that this is why I am asking. Ni! cygnis insignis 17:51, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Neither of these names are mentioned in my checklist, but a quick search of the 'net seems to indicate that they are associated with a Miocene era fossil. In other words, even if they're valid they doesn't belong in this series of articles. --Jwinius (talk) 18:11, 22 February 2008 (UTC)