Species profile—Simalia amethistina (amethystine python (New Guinean form))
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Boidae (pythons) → Simalia amethistina (amethystine python (New Guinean form))
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Boidae (pythons)
- Scientific name
- Simalia amethistina (Schneider, 1801)
- Common name
- amethystine python (New Guinean form)
- Type reference
- Schneider, J.G. (1801) Historiae amphibiorum naturalis et literariae. Fasciculus secundus, continens crocodilos, scincos, chamaesauras, boas, pseudoboas, elapes, angues, amphibisbaenas et caecilias. Fried. Fromman, Jena.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22498
- Synonym(s)
- Morelia amethistina
Australiasis funki
Australiasis amethystina clarki
Australiasis amethystinus
Liasis clarki
Hypaspistes dipsadides
Liasis duceboracensis
Aspidopython jakati
Liasis amethystinus
Constrictor amethystinus
Python amethystinus
Boa amethistina - Alternate name(s)
- scrub python
amethyst python - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22498.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
