Morelia azurea
Morelia azurea is a species of snake. Commonly known as green pythons, these arboreal pythons were previously included in the Morelia viridis complex.
| Morelia azurea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pythonidae |
| Genus: | Morelia |
| Species: | M. azurea |
| Binomial name | |
| Morelia azurea (Meyer, 1874) | |
According to recent research "Strong genetic structuring of green python populations and species delimitation methods confirm the presence of two species, broadly occurring north and south of New Guinea’s central mountains. Our data also support three subspecies within the northern species." namely Morelia azurea azurea (MEYER 1874), Morelia azurea pulcher (SAUVAGE 1878) and Morelia azurea utaraensis (NATUSCH et al. 2019).[1]
References
- Natusch, Daniel J.D.; Damien Esquerré, Jessica A. Lyons, Amir Hamidy, Alan R. Lemmon, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Awal Riyanto, J. Scott Keogh, Stephen Donnellan 2019. Species delimitation and systematics of the green pythons (Morelia viridis T complex) of melanesia and Australia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 142: 106640 [2020]
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