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Species profile—Antaresia maculosa (spotted python)

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Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Boidae (pythons) → Antaresia maculosa (spotted python)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Reptilia (reptiles)
Family
Boidae (pythons)
Scientific name
Antaresia maculosa (Peters, 1873)
Common name
spotted python
Type reference
Peters, W.C.H. (1873). Über eine neue Schildkrötenart, Cinosternon effeldtii und einige andere neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1873, 603-618.
WildNet taxon ID
537
Synonym(s)
Liasis maculosus
Antaresia maculosus
Bothrochilus maculosus
Alternate name(s)
eastern small blotched python
mottled 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=537.

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