Python regius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Henophidia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Henophidia

Familia: Pythonidae
Subfamilia: Pythoninae
Genus: Python
Species: Python regius

Name

Python regius (Shaw, 1802)

Type locality: "Gambia"

Holotype: BMNH IV 3. 3a.

Synonyms

Boa regia Shaw, 1802: 347
Python belii Gray, 1842: 44
Python regius — Duméril & Bibron, 1844: 412
Python regius — Boulenger, 1893: 88
Python regius — Schmidt, 1923: 55
Python regius — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999: 179
Shireenhoserus regius — Hoser, 2004

References

Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 1 + 2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London: 313–615
Austin, J.D. & Gregory, P.T. 1999. Relative roles of thermal and chemical cues in the investigative behavior of prey in colubrid (Elaphe guttata and Lampropeltis getulus) and Boid (Python regius) snakes. Herpetological Natural History 6(1): 47–50 [1998]
Kölpin, T. 2007. Anschaffung von Königspythons (Python regius). Reptilia (Münster) 12(1): 87–89
Python regius (Shaw, 1802) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Python regius at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 Jule 2009.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Грымучнікі сапраўдныя
Deutsch: Königspython
English: Ball python
magyar: Királypiton
日本語: ボールニシキヘビ
lietuvių: Karališkasis Pitonas
polski: Pyton królewski
ไทย: งูหลามบอล, บอลไพธอน
Türkçe: Top piton
中文: 球蟒

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