Antaresia perthensis (STULL, 1932)
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Antaresia perthensis
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| Higher Taxa | Pythonidae, Henophidia, Pythonoidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Pygmy Python G: Perth-Zwergpython |
| Synonym | Liasis childreni perthensis STULL 1932: 26 Liasis perthensis — MITCHELL 1965: 306 Bothrochilus perthensis — HOSER 1994 Morelia perthensis — WELCH 1994 Antaresia perthensis — KLUGE 1993 Antaresia perthensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 163 Antaresia perthensis — COGGER 2000: 608 Rawlingspython perthensis — HOSER 2009 Antaresia perthensis — SCHLEIP & O’SHEA 2010 Antaresia perthensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 45 Antaresia perthensis — ESQUERRÉ et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Australia (Pilbara region, and adjacent rocky areas, Western Australia) Type locality: Perth, WA, Australia |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 24426 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: This form differs from the allied Liasis childreni childreni (Gray) of eastern and northern Australia in the smaller number of scale rows (35 instead of 39 45), in the smaller number of ventrals (250 instead of 257-287 (average 270.8) ), and the three pairs of prefrontals, as opposed to two in L. c. childreni. Description: Young female. Squamation: scale rows 31-35-21; ventrals 250; caudals 41 mostly divided; preoculars 2; postoculars 4; supralabials 12, without pits, fifth and sixth entering the eye; infralabials 15 on the right side, with 9-11 pitted, 14 on the left side, with 8-10 pitted; rostral unpitted; loreals 6 on the right side, 5 on the left; 3 azygous plates present between the two posterior pairs of prefrontals. Anal spurs present. Dentition: mandibular teeth 20; maxillary 22; palatine 8; pterygoid 16. Coloration: dorsum pale with dark brown spots arranged in four more or less regular longitudinal series, giving the general impression of a series of irregular crossbars; belly uniformly pale. Total length 297 mm.; tail 30 mm. or 8.0 per cent of the total length. (Stull 1932) |
| Comment | Synonymy: Kaiser et al. 2013 considered the generic name Rawlingspython Hoser 2009 invalid and rejected its use instead of Antaresia. Distribution: see Esquerré et al. 2021 for maps of both morphologically and genetically defined populations. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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