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Morelia spilota  (Lacépède, 1804)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 634780

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Coluber spilotus Lacépède, 1804
  
  Common Name(s): Diamond Python [English]
  
    Carpet Python [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyPythonidae Fitzinger, 1826 – Pythons  
                                     GenusMorelia Gray, 1842  
                                        SpeciesMorelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804) – Diamond Python, Carpet Python  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Subspecies Morelia spilota cheynei Wells and Wellington, 1984 – Jungle Carpet Python 
                                           Subspecies Morelia spilota imbricata (L. A. Smith, 1981) – Southwestern Carpet Python 
                                           Subspecies Morelia spilota mcdowelli Wells and Wellington, 1984 – Coastal Carpet Python, McDowell's Carpet Python 
                                           Subspecies Morelia spilota metcalfei Wells and Wellington, 1984 – Riverine Carpet Python, Murray-Darling Carpet Python, Inland Carpet Python 
                                           Subspecies Morelia spilota spilota (Lacépède, 1804) – Diamond Python 
                                           Subspecies Morelia spilota variegata Gray, 1842 – Torresian Carpet Python, Darwin Carpet Python, Northwestern Carpet Python 
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (2019), website (version 09-Jul-19)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Morelia spilota, Carpet Python [English], Diamond Python [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xi + 511   
  Publisher: The Herpetologists' League   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-893777-01-4, 1-893777-00-6  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Morelia spilota   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Reynolds, R. Graham, Matthew L. Niemiller, and Liam J. Revell  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 71   
  Page(s): 201-213   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011   
  Reference for: Morelia spilota   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
       
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