Amethyst python

The division of living beings into systematics is a continuous subject of research. Different systematic classifications exist side by side and one after the other. The taxon treated here has become obsolete due to new research or is not part of the group systematics presented in the German-language Wikipedia.

The amethyst python (formerly Morelia amethistina ) was divided into five species in 2000:

• Simalia amethistina , Syn . : Morelia amethistina (New Guinea amethyst python)
• Simalia clastolepis , Syn .: Morelia clastolepis (Seram Python)
• Simalia kinghorni , Syn .: Morelia kinghorni (Australian amethyst python)
• Simalia nauta , Syn .: Morelia nauta (Tanimbar Python)
• Simalia tracyae , Syn .: Morelia tracyae (Halmahera python)

In 2014 the following two species were added to the genus:

• Simalia boeleni (Boelen's Python)
• Simalia oenpelliensis (Oenpelli python)

The scientific name Simalia amethistina only refers to the New Guinea amethyst python today. Within the genus diamond pythons ( Morelia ), the five species of amethyst pythons were most closely related to one another. Therefore, it was proposed to separate them as a separate genus named Australiasis . However, since the genus name Australiasis is invalid, the genus name Simalia (Gray, 1849) was introduced for the new genus of amethyst pythons.

Individual evidence

1. ^ RW Wells, CR Wellington: A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. In: Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series. Issue 1, 1984, pp. 1–61, full text  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ RT Hoser: Creationism and contrived science: A review of recent python systematics papers and the resolution of issues of taxonomy and nomenclature. In: Australasian Journal of Herpetology. 2, 2009, pp. 1–34 ( full text PDF; 287 kB .
3. ↑ Hinrich Kaiser, Brian I. Crother, Christopher MR Kelly, Luca Luiselli, Mark O´Shea, Hidetoshi Ota, Paulo Passos, Wulf D. Schleip, Wolfgang Wüster: 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. In: Herpetological Review. 2013, 44 (1), 2013, pp. 8-23.
4. ^ R. Graham Reynolds, Matthew L. Niemiller, Liam J. Revell: Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Volume 71, February 2014, pp. 201-213, doi: 10.1016 / j.ympev.2013.11.011 .

literature

• MB Harvey, DG Barker, LK Ammerman, PT Chippindale: Systematics of Pythons of the Morelia amethistina Complex (Serpentes: Boidae) with the Description of three new Species. In: Herpetological Monographs. 14, 2000, pp. 139-185.
• RT Hoser: Creationism and contrived science: A review of recent python systematics papers and the resolution of issues of taxonomy and nomenclature. In: Australasian Journal of Herpetology. 2, 2009, pp. 1–34 ( full text PDF file; 287 kB ).