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Species profile—Simalia kinghorni (amethystine python (Australian form))

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Boidae (pythons) → Simalia kinghorni (amethystine python (Australian form))

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Reptilia (reptiles)
Family
Boidae (pythons)
Scientific name
Simalia kinghorni (Stull, 1933)
Common name
amethystine python (Australian form)
Type reference
Stull, O.G. (1933) Two new subspecies of the family Boidae. Occassional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 267: 1-4. Holotype MCZ 35022, type locality Lake Barrine, Qld. Aust.
WildNet taxon ID
533
Synonym(s)
Morelia kinghorni
Australiasis kinghorni
Liasis amethistinus kinghorni
Liasis amethystinus
Constrictor amethystinus
Python amethystinus
Boa amethistina
Morelia amethistina
Alternate name(s)
scrub python
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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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=533.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Last updated
20 May 2024