| Moluccan python | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pythonidae |
| Genus: | Simalia |
| Species: | S. clastolepis
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| Binomial name | |
| Simalia clastolepis (Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale, 2000)
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Simalia clastolepis, [1] also known as the Moluccan python or yellow python, is a species of python found in Indonesia in dense forests of the islands on Ambon and Seram im Maluku. They can grow to be 8–9 feet in length. [2]
Description
As hatchlings they have a red in color, which then turns from brown to yellow, then as adults, will get black along their spine. They can also be patternless or striped.
References
- ^ Reynolds, R. Graham; Niemiller, Matthew L.; Revell, Liam J. (2014). "Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
- ^ "Anthony Caponetto Reptiles - Moluccan Pythons". Acreptiles.com. Retrieved 2012-07-07.