Species Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis (Gow, 1977)

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• Python oenpelliensis Gow, G.F. 1977. A new species of python from Arnhem Land. The Australian Zoologist 19: 133-139 [133, figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM R0840, 6.5 km SW Oenpelli, NT [12°21'S 133°01'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Morelia oenpelliensis (Gow, 1977). —
  Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [206] (changed combination cited)
• Simalia oenpelliensis (Gow, 1977). —
  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 [211]
• Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis (Gow, 1977). —
  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] (new combination as type species of the genus Nyctophilopython )
• Nawaran oenpelliensis (Gow, 1977). —
  Esquerré, D., Donnellan, S., Brennan, I.G., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Zaher, H., Grazziotin, F.G. & Keogh, S.J. 2020. Phylogenomics, biogeography, and morphometrics reveal rapid phenotypic evolution in pythons after crossing Wallace’s Line. Systematic Biology 69(6): 1039-1051 [10] (Nawaran an objective synonym of Nyctophilopython)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Plateau (ARP)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, saxicoline, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

General carnivore, constrictor.

 

General References

Jenkins, R.W.G. 1979. The status of endangered Australian reptiles. pp. 169-176 in, The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife. Adelaide : Royal Zoological Society of South Australia. (conservation)

Swanson, S. 1979. Some rock-dwelling reptiles of the Arnhem Land escarpment. Northern Territory Naturalist 1: 14-18 (natural history)

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [42] (Oenpelli Python, Nawaran, Oenpelli Rock Python)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023	PYTHONIDAE Fitzinger, 1826	04-Apr-2023	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)