Antaresia perthensis (STULL, 1932)

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Higher Taxa	Pythonidae, Henophidia, Pythonoidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
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
Distribution	Australia (Pilbara region, and adjacent rocky areas, West Australia) Type locality: Perth, WA, Australia Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and not in every cases it works well. We are working on it.
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Holotype: MCZ 24426
Comment	Synonymy: Kaiser et al. 2013 considered the generic name Rawlingspython Hoser 2009 invalid and rejected its use instead of Antaresia.
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. Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Franz, V. 2003. Pythons of the World. Reptilia (GB) (27): 16-23 - 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 Journal of Herpetology 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 McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. 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 - get paper here 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
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/pythonidae.pdf http://reptiles.passion.free.fr/classification/ophidiens/pythonides/Antaresia_perthensis.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Boidae/Antaresia/perthensis Google images

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