Morelia spilota cheynei
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pythonidae |
| Genus: | Morelia |
| Species: | M. spilota |
| Subspecies: | M. s. cheynei |
| Trinomial name | |
| Morelia spilota cheynei Wells & Wellington, 1984 |
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- Common names: jungle carpet python.
Morelia spilota cheynei is a non-venomous python subspecies[2] found in the rainforests of Queensland, Australia.
[edit] Geographic range
The type locality given is "Ravenshoe, on the Atheron Tableland, north Queensland, In Lat. 17°36'S, Long 145°29'E" (Australia).[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Morelia spilota cheynei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635066. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
[edit] External links
- Morelia spilota at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 September 2007.
