Leiopython fredparkeri SCHLEIP, 2008
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Leiopython fredparkeri
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| Higher Taxa | Pythonidae, Henophidia, Pythonoidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Southern whitelip python E: Karimui Basin whitelip python [fredparkeri] E: Wau White-lipped Python [montanus] |
| Synonym | Leiopython hoserae HOSER 2000 Leiopython albertisii bennetti HOSER 2000 Leiopython bennettorum — WÜSTER et al. 2001 Leiopython hoserae — SCHLEIP 2008: 656 Leiopython bennettorum — SCHLEIP 2008: 658 Leiopython fredparkeri SCHLEIP 2008: 659 Bothrochilus hoserae — REYNOLDS et al. 2014 Leiopython meridionalis SCHLEIP 2014 Leiopython montanus SCHLEIP 2014 Bothrochilus fredparkeri — REYNOLDS et al. 2014 Bothrochilus bennettorum — REYNOLDS et al. 2014 Bothrochilus hoserae — REYNOLDS et al. 2014 Bothrochilus montanus — REYNOLDS et al. 2014 (by implication) Leiopython hoserae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 366 Leiopython bennettorum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 366 Leiopython fredparkeri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 366 Leiopython meridionalis — BARKER et al. 2015 Leiopython fredparkeri — BARKER et al. 2015 Leiopython montanus — BARKER et al. 2015 Leiopython meridionalis — NATUSCH et al. 2020 Leiopython meridionalis — ESQUERRÉ et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Western Province) Type locality: Wipim, Western Province, Papua New Guinea montanus: Papua New Guinea; Type locality: near Wau, Morobe Province, PNG fredparkeri: Papua New Guinea, elevation 1100-1500 m. Type locality: Karimui, Chimbu District, Simbu Province, PNG |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: AMNH 107150 Holotype: BPBM 5452 [montanus] Holotype: CAS 118906, A large male (everted hemipenes) collected by F. Parker 7 July 1967 [fredparkeri] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Leiopython meridionalis is distinguished from L. albertisii by dark grey, brown or black dorsal colouration (versus dark yellow or golden in L. albertisii); absence of small specks of white patterning on the postocular scales in all specimens; generally a single pair of parietal scales (as opposed to two pairs in most L. albertisii); and a higher mean number of dorsal midbody scales and fewer ventral scales than L. al- bertisii. Relative to its body length, L. meridionalis has a longer and wider head than L. albertisii and preliminary data suggest that L. mer- idionalis grows to a larger maximum body size (Natusch and Lyons, 2012). Leiopython meridionalis is easily differentiated from L. albertisii on the basis of molecular genetic information (Natusch et al. 2020). |
| Comment | Synonymy: Natusch et al. 2020 synonymized L. montanus and L. fredparkeri (including their synonyms) with L. meridionalis, but fredparkeri has priority over meridionalis. |
| Etymology | The specific name meridionalis derives from the Latin for ‘southern,’ in reference to the fact that this species was often referred to as the southern form of White-Lipped Pythons. The specific name montanus derives from the Latin adjective for ‘living on a hill,’ in reference to the topography near the town of Wau. L. fredparkeri was named in honor of the collector of these and many other specimens, the herpetologist Fred Parker, Townsville, Australia. |
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