Synonymy

• Liasis Childreni Gray, 1842: 44.
• Nardoa Gilbertii Gray, 1842: 45.
• Liasis childreni Boulenger, 1893: 77.
• Liasis childreni childreni Mitchell, 1955: 374.
• Bothrochilus childreni Cogger, Cameron & Cogger, 1983: 203.
• Liasis stimsoni Smith, 1985: 267.
• Liasis stimsoni stimsoni Smith,1985: 267.
• Liasis stimsoni orientalis Smith, 1985: 270.
• Antaresia childreni Wells & Wellington, 1985: 41.
• Antaresia gilberti Wells & Wellington, 1985: 41.
• Antaresia saxacola Wells & Wellington, 1985: 41 (nomen nudum).
• Morelia childreni Underwood & Stimson, 1990: 603.
• Morelia stimsoni Underwood & Stimson, 1990: 603.
• Antaresia stimsoni Kluge, 1993: 8, 51.

Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1842. Synopsis of the species of prehensile-tailed snakes, or family Boidae. Zoological Miscellany. Treuttel, Wurtz & Co.: London. 2: 41–46. BHL  Reference page. 

Additional references

• Barker, D.G., Barker, T.M., Davis, M.A. & Schuett, G.W., 2015. A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175 (1): 1-19 DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12267 Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume I. Containing the families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 448 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Cogger, H.G. 2018. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Updated Seventh Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia. xxxii+1060 pp. ISBN 978-1-4863-0969-6. Reference page. 
• Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol. 1 Amphibia and Reptilia. Australian Government Printing Service, Canberra, Australia. vi+313 pp. ISBN 0-644-02839-4. Reference page. 
• Esquerré, D., Donnellan, S.C., Brennan, I.G., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Zaher, H., Grazziotin, F.G. & Keogh, J.S., 2020. Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Morphometrics Reveal Rapid Phenotypic Evolution in Pythons After Crossing Wallace’s Line. Systematic Biology. 69 (6): 1039-1051 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syaa024 Reference page. 
• Esquerré, D., Donnellan, S.C., Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., Fenker, J. & Keogh, J.S., 2021. Phylogeography, historical demography and systematics of the world's smallest pythons (Pythonidae, Antaresia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 161 (2021): 107181 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107181 Reference page. 
• Kluge, A.G. 1993 Aspidites and the phylogeny of the pythonine snakes. Records of the Australian Museum, supplement, (19):1-77. DOI: 10.3853/j.0812-7387.19.1993.52 Reference page. 
• Mitchell, F.J. 1955. Preliminary Account of the Reptilia and Amphibia collected by the National Geographic Society-Commonwealth Government-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to Arnhem Land (April to November, 1948). Records of the South Australian Museum. 11(4): 373–408. BHL Reference page. 
• Rawlings, L.H., Rabosky, D.L., Donnellan, S.C. & Hutchinson, M.N. 2008 Python phylogenetics: inference from morphology and mitochondrial DNA. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93(3): 603-619. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00904.x Open access Reference page. 
• Reynolds, R.G., Niemiller, M.L. & Revell, L.J. 2014. Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 201–213. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011 Reference page. 
• Schleip, W.D. & O’Shea, M. 2010. Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution. ZooKeys 66: 29–79. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.66.683 Reference page. 
• Smith, L.A. 1985. A Revision of the Liasis childreni species-group (Serpentes: Boidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 12(3): 257–276. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Underwood, G. & Stimson, A.F. 1990. A classification of pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae). Journal of Zoology 221(6): 565–603. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04019.x Reference page. 
• Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page. 
• Wilson, S.K. & Swan, G. 2021. A Complete Guide to the Reptiles of Australia. Sixth Edition. Reed New Holland, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 688 pp. ISBN 978-1-92554-671-2. Reference page. 

Links

Antaresia childreni at the New Reptile Database