Amethystine Python

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Name:
Amethystine Python

Scientific Name:
Morelia amethystina

Reference Number:
LLF-469

Description

Order Squamata; Suborder Serpentes; Family Pythonidae (Pythons); Formerly in Family Boidae; Scientific name: Morelia amethystina; In some literature; Morelia or Simalia kinghorni; Common name: Amethystine Python; Alternative common names: Amethyst Python, or Scrub Python – Distribution in Australia: tropical north-eastern Queensland from Torres Strait Islands and northern tip of Cape York Peninsula south to Townsville – Distribution outside Australia: New Guinea and Indonesia.

Additional Details

Reference Number:	LLF-469
Scientific Name:	Morelia amethystina