Bothrochilus montanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Henophidia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Henophidia

Familia: Pythonidae
Genus: Bothrochilus
Species: Bothrochilus montanus

Name

• Leiopython montanus Schleip, 2014: 272
  • Holotype: BPBM 5452
  • Type locality: 'Bishop Museum Field Station near Wau, Morobe Province, PNG, elevation approximately 1,250 m, 7.341°S 146.705°E'

Synonymy

• Leiopython albertisii bennetti Hoser 2000
  • Leiopython bennettorum Wüster et al. 2001
  • Leiopython bennettorum Schleip 2008
  • Bothrochilus bennettorum Reynolds et al. 2014
  • Leiopython montanus Schleip 2014 (nom. nov.)
  • Bothrochilus montanus Reynolds et al. 2014 (by implication)
  • Leiopython bennettorum Wallach et al. 2014: 366
  • Leiopython montanus Barker et al. 2015

References

• Schleip, W.D. 2008. Revision of the genus Leiopython Hubrecht 1879 (Serpentes: Pythonidae) with the redescription of taxa recently described by Hoser (2000) and the description of new species. Journal of herpetology 42(4): 645–667. DOI: 10.1670/06-182R5.1 Reference page. 
• Schleip, W.D. 2014: Two new species of Leiopython Hubrecht, 1879 (Pythonidae: Serpentes): Non-compliance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature leads to unavailable names in zoological nomenclature. Journal of herpetology 48(2): 272-275. DOI: 10.1670/13-157 Reference page.  [See p. 272, and Fig. 1B, D; original description (juvenile female)]
• ZooBank: 1FA671F8-C42E-4165-B922-BA75083B3C47