Simalia amethistina

Taxonavigation

Simalia amethistina

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
Genus: Simalia
Species: Simalia amethistina

Name

Simalia viridis (Schneider, 1801)

Synonyms

• Boa Amethistina Schneider 1801: 254
  • Python amethystinus Daudin 1803: 230
  • Constrictor amethystin [us] Wagler 1830: 168
  • Liasis amethystinus Gray 1842: 44
  • Liasis Amethystinus Duméril & Bibron 1844: 433
  • Aspidopython Jakati Meyer 1874: 135
  • Liasis amethystinus Günther 1879: 85
  • Liasis duceboracensis Günther 1879: 86
  • Hypaspistes dipsadides Ogilby 1891: 192
  • Python amethystinus Boulenger 1893: 83
  • Liasis clarki Barbour 1914: 202
  • Python amethystinus de Rooij 1917: 24
  • Liasis amethistinus Stimson 1969
  • Python amethistinus McDowell 1975: 52
  • Australiasis amethystinus Wells & Wellington 1984: 106
  • Morelia amethistina Kluge 1993
  • Morelia amethistina McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999: 170
  • Morelia amethistina Cogger 2000: 611
  • Austroliasis amethystina clarki [sic] Hoser 2001
  • Liasis amethistinus {{aut|Switak 2006
  • Morelia amethistina {{aut|Schleip & O’Shea 2010
  • Australiasis funki Hoser 2012 (preliminary)
  • Simalia amethistina Reynolds et al. 2014
  • Morelia amethistina Wallach et al. 2014: 452
  • Simalia amethistina Barker et al. 2015: 13
  • Morelia amethystina Cogger 2014: 824

References

• Schneider, J.G. 1801. Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae. Fasciculus secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas. Pseudoboas, Elapes, Angues. Amphisbaenas et Caecilias. Frommanni, Jena. 374 pp.
• Barker, D. G., Barker, T. M., Davis, M. A. & Schuett, G. W. 2015. A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (1): 1–19; doi: 10.1111/zoj.12267
• IUCN: Simalia amethistina  (Least Concern)
• Simalia amethistina – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Simalia amethistina – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

беларуская: Аметыставы пітон
magyar: Ametisztpiton, bozótpiton
Bahasa Indonesia: Sanca permata
polski: Pyton ametystowy
русский: Аметистовый питон

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