Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Pythonidae
Genus: Antaresia
Species: Antaresia papuensis
Name
Antaresia papuensis Esquerré, Donnellan, Pavón-Vázquez, Fenker & Keogh 2021: 13.
- Holotype: AMS 58,998 ♂, collected by Hal Heatwole in December 1976.
- Type locality: Badu Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, [10° 12'S, 142° 12'E].
- Paratype: PNGNM 25,085, Weam, Bensbach River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea, [8° 61'S, 141° 12'E], collected by Mark O'Shea, Robert Sprackland & Ilaiah Bigilale in August 2000.
- Paratype: AMS R47895 ♀, Hammond Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, [10° 53'S, 142° 22'E], collected by P. Webber in March 1975.
- Paratype: AMS R46906, Moa Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, [10° 18'S, 142° 27'E], collected by P. Webber, Cameron & Young in February 1975.
- Paratype: AMS R47383, same collection data as R46906.
Synonymy
- Antaresia maculosa O'Shea, Sprackland & Bigilale, 2004: 225.
- Antaresia papuensis Esquerré, Donnellan, Pavón-Vázquez, Fenker & Keogh 2021: 13.
References
Primary references
- 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.
Additional references
- Allison, A. 2006. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Trans-Fly Region, New Guinea. Pacific Biological Survey Contribution No. 2006-039. 50 pp. PDF
Reference page.
- Natusch, D.J.D. & Lyons, J.A. 2011. The harvest of Antaresia maculosa (Pythonidae), from West Papua, Indonesia. Herpetological Review 42(4):509-511. Reference page.
- O'Shea, M., Sprackland, R.G. & Bigilale, I.H. 2004. First record of the genus Antaresia (Squamata: Pythonidae), from Papua New Guinea. Herpetological Review 35(3):225-227. PDF. Reference page.