Species Aspidites ramsayi (Macleay, 1882)

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• Aspidiotes ramsayi Macleay, W. 1882. Description of two new species of snakes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6: 811-813 [813].

  Type data:

   Holotype MMUS (presumed lost; type loc. not "near Fort Bourke" as in the original description), Tyndayrey (= Tindarie, ca. 117 km south of Bourke), NSW.

  Type locality references:

  Shea, G.M. 2012. The life and herpetological collections of James Ramsay, with correction of the type localities of two rare snakes from New South Wales. Australian Zoologist 36(2): 145–152.
• Aspidites collaris Longman, H.A. 1913. Herpetological notes. 1. Systematic. Including the description of one new species. Part 11. Ethological. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 2: 39-45 [40].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J944, Avondale Station, via Cunnamulla, QLD.
• Aspidites ramsayi panoptes Hoser, R. 2000. A revision of the Australasian pythons. Ophidia Review 1: 7-27 [10].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 43459, Burracoppin, WA [31°24'S 118°29'E].
• Aspidites ramsayi richardjonesii Hoser, R. 2000. A revision of the Australasian pythons. Ophidia Review 1: 7-27 [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 34070, Port Hedland, WA [20°19'S 118°34'E].

 

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. [202]
• 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)

 

Generic Combinations

• Aspidites ramsayi (Macleay, 1882).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, nocturnal, oviparous, predator, tall shrubland, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Lacertiphagous, ophiophagous, constrictor.

 

General References

Fyfe, G. & Harvey, C. 1981. Some observations on the woma (Aspidites ramsayi) in captivity. Herpetofauna 18: 23-25 (natural history)

Smith, L.A. 1981. A revision of the python genera Aspidites and Python (Serpentes: Boidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 9: 211-226 (taxonomy)

Waite, E.R. 1894. Redescription of Aspidites ramsayi Macleay. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 9: 715-717 (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Woma)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Sep-2017	PYTHONIDAE Fitzinger, 1826	09-Jun-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)