Simalia nauta (HARVEY, BARKER, AMMERMAN & CHIPPINDALE, 2000)
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Simalia nauta
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| Higher Taxa | Pythonidae, Henophidia, Pythonoidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Tanimbar Python G: Tanimbar-Python |
| Synonym | Morelia nauta HARVEY, BARKER, AMMERMAN & CHIPPINDALE 2000: 163 Australiasis nauta — HOSER 2004 Morelia nauta — SCHLEIP & O’SHEA 2010 Morelia nauta — DE LANG 2013 Simalia nauta — REYNOLDS et al. 2014 Morelia nauta — WALLACH et al. 2014: 453 Simalia nauta — BARKER et al. 2015: 13 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Tanimbar group). Type locality: Yamdena Island, Tanimbar group, Maluku, Indonesia |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: UTA 44482 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A medium-sized species of Morelia distinguished from all its congeners by the following characteristics: (1) two to three pairs of enlarged, symmetrical parietals in contact medially; (2) dorsal pattern posteris one this arbing any tale of porsent; (6) adults gracile; reaching 1985 mm and 1.9 kg; (7) snout subacuminate in dorsal view; (8) ontogenetic color change subtle: juveniles have only slightly darker pattern than adults. Although one of the most recently diverged species of scrub python, Morelia nauta is the most distinctive morphologiimmediately recognizable by its habitus, distinctive color pattern, and low scale counts. Unlike most Morelia, M. nauta exhibits only subtle ontogenetic changes in coloration. Like adults, juveniles are brown or tan and differ only in being slightly darker than adults. The snout is distinctly more acuminate than in other species (Figs. 1, 9). Patterned individuals of M. nauta differ from all other scrub pythons in having rows of cream spots on their flanks; other scrub pythons have transverse banding. (Harvey et al. 2000: 163) |
| Comment | This species is closely related to M. amethistina. Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
| Etymology | Named after the Latin word “nauta” for sailor, because the species could have reached its current location only by rafting. Apparently based on the evolutionary species concept. |
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