Morelia spilota cheynei

Morelia spilota cheynei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pythonidae
Genus: Morelia
Species: M. spilota
Subspecies: M. s. cheynei
Trinomial name
Morelia spilota cheynei
Wells & Wellington, 1984
Synonyms
  • Morelia cheynei - Wells & Wellington, 1984
  • Morelia spilota cheynei - Barker & Barker, 1994[1]
Common names: jungle carpet python.

Morelia spilota cheynei is a non-venomous python subspecies[2] found in the rainforests of Queensland, Australia.

Geographic range

The type locality given is "Ravenshoe, on the Atheron Tableland, north Queensland, In Lat. 17°36'S, Long 145°29'E" (Australia).[1]

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ "Morelia spilota cheynei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635066. Retrieved 17 September 2007. 

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