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Python anchietae BOCAGE, 1887

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Higher TaxaPythonidae, Henophidia, Pythonoidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Anchieta's Dwarf Python, Angolan Python, Escarpment Python
G: Angola-Python 
SynonymPython anchietae BOCAGE 1887: 87
Python anchietae — BOULENGER 1893: 88
Python anchietae — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 176
Shireenhoserus anchietae — HOSER 2004
Python anchietae — SCHLEIP & O’SHEA 2010
Python anchietae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 618
Python anchietae — SCHLEICHER 2020 
DistributionS Angola, N Namibia

Type locality: Catumbela, near Lobito, Angola.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MB (Museu Bocage), Lisbon T.89-1206 and T.89-1207 (destroyed fide KLUGE 1993) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (799 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after José de Anchieta (9 Oct 1832 -14 Sep 1897), Portugese explorer of Africa. 
References
  • Baptista NL, António T, Branch WR. 2019. The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 96–130 (e203) - get paper here
  • Barker, David G. and Tracy M. Barker 1996. The maintenance and reproduction of the Dwarf Python of Angola and Namibia. Vivarium 7 (1): 30-34
  • Bauer, Aaron M.; Branch, William R. & Haacke, Wulf D. 1993. The herpetofauna of the Kamanjab area and adjacent Damaraland, Namibia. Madoqua (Windhoek) 18 (2): 117-145. - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bocage, J.V.B. de 1888. Sur un Python nouveau d’Afrique. Jorn. Sci. math. phys. nat., Lisboa ? ?: 87-88 - get paper here
  • Bocage, J.V.B. du 1887. Melanges erpetologiques. I. Reptiles et Batraciens du Congo. II. Reptiles de Dahomey. III. Reptiles de l’Ile du Prince. IV. Reptiles et Batraciens de Quissange (Benguella) envoyés par M. J. d’Anchieta. Jorn. Sci. math. phys. nat., Lisboa, 11: 177-211 - get paper here
  • Borer, M. 2008. Python anchietae - Haltung und Zucht des Angolapythons. Reptilia (Münster) 13 (71): 63-66 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Branch, W.R. 1983. The Dwarf angolan python, Python anchietae: an endangered species. Litteratura Serpentium 3 (4): 121-125 - get paper here
  • Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S.
  • Busse, Peter 1992. Hatching eggs of a Python regius. Litteratura Serpentium 12 (2): 46-47 - get paper here
  • Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here
  • Finkeldey, H. 1963. Python anchietae. Cimbebasia 6: 23-27
  • Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here
  • Hoser, R. 2004. A reclassification of the pythoninae including the descriptions of two new genera, two new species and nine new subspecies. Part II. Crocodilian 4 (4) (June 2004): 21-40 - get paper here
  • JAUCH, H. 2009. Captive propagation of Python anchietae in Namibia. African Herp News (48): 8-14 - get paper here
  • Kirschner, A. & Seufer, H. 1999. Der Königspython. Kirschner und Seufer Verlag, Keltern-Weiler, 102 pp. - get paper here
  • Kluge, Arnold G. 1993. Aspidites and the phylogeny of Pythonine snakes. Rec. Austral. Mus. (Supplement 19): 1-77 - get paper here
  • Lobón-Rovira J, Vaz Pinto P, S. Becker F, Tolley KA, Measey J, Bennet B, Boon B, de Sá S, Conradie W 2022. An updated herpetofaunal species inventory of Iona National Park in southwestern Angola. Check List 18(2): 289-321 - get paper here
  • Logan, T. 1973. A Note On Attempted Breeding In Captive Python Anchietae. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (10): 8-8 - get paper here
  • Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
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  • Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp.
  • Schleip, Wulf D & O’Shea, M. 2010. Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution. ZooKeys 66 (2010) : 29-79 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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