• 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.
• Nawaran 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] [objective synonym].
  Zoobank Registration Number:AE7664EF-8E4D-4488-BD88-9C3B3EEC9C20

  Type species:

   Python oenpelliensis Gow, 1977 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kaiser, H., Thomson, S.A. & Shea, G.M. 2020. Nawaran Esquerré, Donnellan, Brennan, Lemmon, Lemmon, Zaher, Grazziotin & Keogh, 2020 is an invalid junior synonym of Nyctophilopython Wells & Wellington, 1985 (Squamata, Pythonidae): simple priority without Zoobank pre-registration. Bionomina 20: 47-54

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Plateau (ARP)

History of changes

• 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

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