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Antaresia perthensis (STULL, 1932)

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Higher TaxaPythonidae, Henophidia, Pythonoidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pygmy Python
G: Perth-Zwergpython 
SynonymLiasis 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 
DistributionAustralia (Pilbara region, and adjacent rocky areas, Western Australia)

Type locality: Perth, WA, Australia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 24426 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: 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. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Barker, Dave; Barker, Tracy 1995. The southern stars of Australia: Australia's small pythons. Vivarium 6 (4): 30-35
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Esquerré, Damien, Stephen C Donnellan, Carlos J Pavón-Vázquez, Jéssica Fenker, and J Scott Keogh. 2021. Phylogeography, Historical Demography and Systematics of the World’s Smallest Pythons (Pythonidae, Antaresia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 161: 107181 - get paper here
  • Franz, V. 2003. Pythons of the World. Reptilia (GB) (27): 16-23 - get paper here
  • Franz, Volker 2018. Die Südpythons der Gattung Antaresia – charmante Zwerge aus Australien. Terraria-Elaphe 2018 (4): 20-27 - get paper here
  • Hoser, R. 2009. Creationism and contrived science: a review of recent python systematics papers and the resolution of issues of taxonomy and nomenclature. Australasian J. Herpetol. 2: 1-34 - get paper here
  • Hoser, Raymond T. 1994. Search for the ant-hill python Bothrochilus perthensis (Stull, 1932). Queensland Reptile and Amphibian Club 1994 (21): 9-12 - get paper here
  • Kaiser, H.; Crother, B.I.; Kelly, C.M.R.; Luiselli, L.; O’Shea, M.; Ota, H.; Passos, P.; Schleip, W.D. & Wüster, W. 2013. Best Practices: In the 21st Century, Taxonomic Decisions in Herpetology are Acceptable Only When Supported by a Body of Evidence and Published via Peer-Review. Herpetological Review 44 (1): 8-23
  • Kluge, Arnold G. 1993. Aspidites and the phylogeny of Pythonine snakes. Rec. Austral. Mus. (Supplement 19): 1-77 - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Mitchell, F. J. 1965. Australian geckos assigned to the genus Gehyra Gray (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 46: 287—319
  • 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
  • Stull, O.G. 1932. Five new subspecies of the family Boidae. Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 8: 25-29
  • 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.
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
  • Winchell, S. 2009. Pythons Australiens. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (79): 16-27 - get paper here
 
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