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Scrub python |
Wooroonooran National Park, Queensland Photo © Stewart Macdonald |
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Simalia kinghorni | ||||||||||||
Pronunciation | SIM-ah-LEE-ah KING-horn-ee | |||||||||||
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Etymology |
Simalia: unknown.
kinghorni: "in honor of Mr. J. Roy Kinghorn, in recognition of his notable work on the Australian snakes."1 |
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Other names |
Amethystine python
Amethyst python Australian scrub python Liasis amethistina kinghorni Morelia amethistina Morelia kinghorni |
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Range
North-east Queensland; from about Townsville, north to the tip of the Cape York Peninsula, various Torres Strait Islands and into New Guinea. Found in the following Australian states/territoriesQueensland HabitatRainforests in the Wet Tropics, but found in drier forests further north on Cape York. |
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