Timor python

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::summary Species of snake ::

| name = Timor python | image = Python timoriensis Tropicario 1.JPG | image_caption = Malayopython timoriensis in a zoo

| status_system = IUCN3.1 | status = VU

| genus = Malayopython | species = timoriensis | authority = (W. Peters, 1876) | synonyms = *Liasis amethystinus var. timoriensis W. Peters, 1876

The Timor python (Malayopython timoriensis) is a python species found in Southeast Asia. It is a dwarf species, and no subspecies are recognized as being valid. It is in the genus Malayopython, together with the reticulated python (M. reticulatus).

Like all pythons, the Timor python is a nonvenomous constrictor. Unlike larger species such as the reticulated python, it is not considered dangerous to humans.

Description

The Timor python is a fairly long, over 7 ft, but relatively thin python. It has a series of heat-sensing pits between its nostrils and mouth used to find warm-blooded prey in total darkness. It is cold-blooded.

Geographic range

M. timoriensis is found in Southeast Asia on the Lesser Sunda Islands (Flores, Lombien and Timor islands), its type locality is given as "Kupang, (Timor)" [Indonesia]. This may not accurately reflect the location where the specimen was collected.

Behavior

M. timoriensis is partly arboreal.

Feeding

Captive specimens of M. timoriensis have been known to accept birds and small mammals.

Reproduction

M. timoriensis is oviparous.

Taxonomy

Liasis amethystinus var. timoriensis was the scientific name proposed by Wilhelm Peters in 1876.

Authors of a phylogenetic study suggested that the Timor python together with the reticulated python should be moved to a distinct genus Broghammerus. Subsequent phylogenetic analyses have supported the separation of the Timor and reticulated pythons from genus Python. However, Broghammerus is considered an invalid name by most authorities, which made R. Graham Reynolds et al. formally rename this clade Malayopython in 2014, a decision that was followed by many authors.

References

References

  1. [[:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid. McDiarmid RW]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell. Campbell JA]], [[T'Shaka Touré. Touré T]] (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1.'' Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN. 1-893777-00-6 (series). {{ISBN. 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. [[Lesley H. Rawlings. Rawlings LH]], [[Daniel L. Rabosky. Rabosky DL]], [[Steve Donnellan (scientist). Donnellan SC]], [[Mark Norman Hutchinson. Hutchinson MN]] (2008). "Python phylogenetics: inference from morphology and mitochondrial DNA". ''Biological Journal of the Linnean Society'' '''93''': 603-619.
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  4. [[John M. Mehrtens. Mehrtens JM]] (1987). ''Living Snakes of the World in Color''. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. {{ISBN. 0-8069-6460-X.
  5. (2018). "Reconciling Unexpected Collection Localities for Three New Guinea Worm-eating Snakes (Toxicocalamus, Serpentes, Elapidae) Using Historical Accounts". Herpetological Review.
  6. "''Malayopython timoriensis'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  7. [[Wilhelm Peters. Peters W]] (1876). "''Über die von S. M. S. Gazelle mitgebrachten Amphibien'' ". ''Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin'' '''1876''': 528–535 + Plate. (''Liasis amethystinus'' var. ''timoriensis'', new variety, p. 533 + Plate, figures 3, 3a, 3b, 3c). (in German).
  8. [[R. Graham Reynolds. (2014). "Toward a tree-of-life for the boas and pythons: multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
  9. [[Hinrich Kaiser. (2013). "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". Herpetological Review.
  10. (2015). "A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
  11. (2016). "The emerging phylogenetic pattern of parthenogenesis in snakes". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

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