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Simalia
Simalia is a genus of snakes in the family Pythonidae.
Simalia Gray, 1849, was considered a taxonomic synonym of
but Reynolds et al. (2014) resurrected the genus for the Morelia amethistina species group (which, together with Morelia viridis, had made the genus Morelia paraphyletic).
The genus Simalia contains the following species:
As of June 2022, ITIS and the IUCN Red List identify the Oenpelli python as Simalia oenpelliensis, while The Reptile Database places it in the monotypic genus Nyctophilopython.
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Simalia.
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Simalia
Simalia is a genus of snakes in the family Pythonidae.
Simalia Gray, 1849, was considered a taxonomic synonym of
but Reynolds et al. (2014) resurrected the genus for the Morelia amethistina species group (which, together with Morelia viridis, had made the genus Morelia paraphyletic).
The genus Simalia contains the following species:
As of June 2022, ITIS and the IUCN Red List identify the Oenpelli python as Simalia oenpelliensis, while The Reptile Database places it in the monotypic genus Nyctophilopython.
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Simalia.