Simalia amethistina

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Simalia
Species: Simalia amethistina

Name[edit]

Simalia viridis (Schneider, 1801)

Synonyms[edit]

Boa Amethistina Schneider 1801: 254
- Python amethystinus Daudin 1803: 230
- Constrictor amethystin [us] Wagler 1830: 168
- Liasis amethystinus Gray 1842: 44
- Liasis Amethystinus Duméril & Bibron 1844: 433
- Aspidopython Jakati Meyer 1874: 135
- Liasis amethystinus Günther 1879: 85
- Liasis duceboracensis Günther 1879: 86
- Hypaspistes dipsadides Ogilby 1891: 192
- Python amethystinus Boulenger 1893: 83
- Liasis clarki Barbour 1914: 202
- Python amethystinus de Rooij 1917: 24
- Liasis amethistinus Stimson 1969
- Python amethistinus McDowell 1975: 52
- Australiasis amethystinus Wells & Wellington 1984: 106
- Morelia amethistina Kluge 1993
- Morelia amethistina McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999: 170
- Morelia amethistina Cogger 2000: 611
- Austroliasis amethystina clarki [sic] Hoser 2001
- Liasis amethistinus {{aut|Switak 2006
- Morelia amethistina {{aut|Schleip & O’Shea 2010
- Australiasis funki Hoser 2012 (preliminary)
- Simalia amethistina Reynolds et al. 2014
- Morelia amethistina Wallach et al. 2014: 452
- Simalia amethistina Barker et al. 2015: 13
- Morelia amethystina Cogger 2014: 824

References[edit]

Schneider, J.G. 1801. Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae. Fasciculus secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas. Pseudoboas, Elapes, Angues. Amphisbaenas et Caecilias. Frommanni, Jena. 374 pp.
Barker, D. G., Barker, T. M., Davis, M. A. & Schuett, G. W. 2015. A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (1): 1–19; doi: 10.1111/zoj.12267
IUCN: Simalia amethistina (Least Concern)
Simalia amethistina – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Simalia amethistina – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names[edit]

беларуская: Аметыставы пітон
magyar: Ametisztpiton, bozótpiton
Bahasa Indonesia: Sanca permata
polski: Pyton ametystowy
русский: Аметистовый питон

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