Simalia clastolepis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pythonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Henophidia Superfamilia: Pythonoidea

Familia: Pythonidae
Genus: Simalia
Species: Simalia clastolepis

Name

Simalia clastolepis (Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale, 2000)

• Holotype: UTA 44486, adult ♀, obtained from native collectors by Kamuran Tepedelen, imported to the United States in 1993, sacrificed and preserved in 1996.
• Type locality: “island of Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia”.

Combinations

• Morelia clastolepis Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale, 2000: 158 [original combination]
• Simalia clastolepis — Reynolds, Niemiller & Revell, 2014: 211 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Indonesia: Moluccas Islands: Seram and Ambon islands.

References

Primary references

• Harvey, M.B., Barker, D.B., Ammerman, L.K. & Chippindale, P.T. 2000. Systematics of pythons of the Morelia amethistina complex (Serpentes: Boidae) with the description of three new species. Herpetological Monographs 14: 139–185. DOI: 10.2307/1467047 Reference page. 
• Reynolds, R.G., Niemiller, M.L. & Revell, L.J. 2014. Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 201–213. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011 Reference page. 

Links

• Iskandar, D. & Stubbs, A. 2021. IUCN: Simalia clastolepis  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T42494100A42494106. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T42494100A42494106.en. Accessed on 11 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Southern Moluccan Python