Taxobox name Apodora regnum Animalia phylum Chordata subphylum Vertebrata classis Reptilia ordo Squamata subordo Serpentes familia Pythonidae genus Apodora genus authority Kluge, 1993 species A. papuana binomial Apodora papuana binomial authority Wilhelm Peters Peters & Giacomo Doria Doria , 1878 synonyms Apodora Kluge, 1993 Liasis papuanus Peters & Doria, 1878 Liasis papuanus Boulenger, 1893 Liasis papuanus Boulenger, 1895 Liasis tornieri Werner, 1897 Liasis olivaceus papuanus Stull, 1935 Liasis maximus Werner, 1936 Liasis papuano Werner, 1936 Liasis papuanus McDowell, 1975 Lisalia papuana Wells & Wellington, 1985 Morelia papuana Underwood & Stimson, 1990 Apodora papuana Kluge, 1993 ref name McD99 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Tour 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 . ref Common names Papuan python. Apodora is a monotypic genus created for the non venomous Pythonidae python species , A. papuana , found in New Guinea . No subspecies are currently recognized. ref name ITIS ITIS id 634408 taxon Apodora accessdate 9 September 2007 ref Description A large snake, with adults growing to lengths of over 5 m 17 feet . However, they are not nearly as heavy bodied as other pythons, weighing in at no more than about 22.5 kg 50 lb . They are noted for having the ability to change color, though the exact mechanism and reasons for it are not completely understood, they can vary from black to a mustard yellow , but are normally an olive green in appearance when young and dark olive when older, with the sides and underside distinctly lighter. Geographic range Found in most of New Guinea , from Misool to Fergusson Island . The Type locality ... synonyms . References reflist External links NRDB species genus Apodora species papuana date ... of Western New Guinea Category Reptiles of New Guinea de Papuapython fr Apodora papuana ru ... more details
Taxobox name Pythonidae image Python molure 13.JPG image caption Indian python, Python molurus P. molurus regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata subphylum Vertebrate Vertebrata classis Reptile Reptilia ordo Squamata subordo Serpentes familia Pythonidae familia authority Leopold Fitzinger Fitzinger , 1826 This is a list of all Genus genera , species and subspecies of the family Pythonidae , otherwise referred to as pythonids or pythons. It follows the taxonomy of McDiarmid et al. 1999 ref name McD99 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Tour 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 . ref , which is available online through ITIS . ref name ITIS ITIS id 563893 taxon Pythonidae accessdate 11 September 2007 ref , updated with additional recently described species. ref name Harvey Harvey MB, Barker DG, Ammerman LK, Chippindale, PT. 2000. Systematics of pythons of the Morelia amethistina complex Serpentes Boidae with the description of three new species. Herpetological Monographs 14 139 185 ref ref name Keogh Keogh JS, Barker DG, Shine, R. 2001. Heavily exploited but poorly known systematics and biogeography of commercially harvested pythons Python curtus group in Southeast Asian Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 73 113 129 ref ref name Schleip Schleip W. 2008. Revision of the genus Leiopython Hubrecht 1879 Serpentes Pythonidae with the redescription of taxa recently described by Hoser 2000 and the description of new species. Journal of Herpetology, 42 645 667 ref Antaresia Antaresia childreni , Children s python Antaresia maculosa , Spotted python Antaresia perthensis , Pygmy python Antaresia stimsoni , Stimson s python Apodora , Papuan python Apodora Apodora papuana , Papuan python Aspidites Aspidites melanocephalus , Black headed python Aspidites ramsayi , Woma Bothrochilus , Bismark ringed python Bothrochilus Bothrochilus boa , Bismark ringed p ... more details
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