Genus Morelia Gray, 1842

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• Morelia Gray, J.E. 1842. Synopsis of the species of prehensile-tailed snakes, or family Boidae. pp. 41-46 in Gray, J.E. (ed.). The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Würz & Co. [43].

  Type species:

   Morelia variegata Gray, 1842 by subsequent designation, see McDowell, S.B. 1975. A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with special reference to those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part II. Anilioidea and Pythoninae. Journal of Herpetology 9: 1-79.
• Chondropython Meyer, A.B. 1874. Eine mitteilung von Hrn. Dr. Adolf Bernhard Meyer über die von ihm auf Neu-Guinea den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahr 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128-140 [1875 on title page] [134].

  Type species:

   Chondropython azureus Meyer, 1874 by monotypy.
• Aspidopython Meyer, A.B. 1874. Eine mitteilung von Hrn. Dr. Adolf Bernhard Meyer über die von ihm auf Neu-Guinea den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahr 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128-140 [1875 on title page] [135].

  Type species:

   Aspidopython jakati Meyer, 1874 by monotypy.
• Hypaspistes Ogilby, J.D. 1891. Descriptions of three new Papuan snakes. Records of the Australian Museum 1: 192-194 [192] [non Waterhouse, 1886].

  Type species:

   Hypaspites dipsadides Ogilby, 1891 by monotypy.
• Australiasis Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3-4): 73-129 [1983 on title page] [106].

  Type species:

   Boa amethystina Schneider, 1801 by original designation.
• Nyctophilopython Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [42].

  Type species:

   Python oenpelliensis Gow, 1977 by original designation.
• Lenhoserus Hoser, R. 2000. A revision of the Australasian pythons. Ophidia Review 1: 7-27.

  Type species:

   Python boeleni Brongersma, 1953 by original designation.
• Montypythonoides Smith, M.J. & Plane, M. 1985. Pythonine snakes (Boidae) from the Miocene of Australia. Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics 9: 191-195.

  Type species:

   Montypythonoides riversleighensis Smith and Plane, 1985 (extinct species) by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [205]
• Schleip, W.D. & O'Shea, M. 2010. Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution. ZooKeys 66(29-79)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Moluccas, Ceram, Ambon, Kei Ils, Aru Ils, Bismark Archipelago.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	BOIDAE	22-Feb-2016	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		19-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)