Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
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Genus
Antaresia
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Australian Dwarf Pythons
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Südpythons
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Australske Dværgpytoner
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1984 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Antaresia Wells & Wellington (type species: Nardoa gilberti Gray 1842) |
2009 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Rawlingspython Hoser (type species: Liasis childreni perthensis Stull 1932; syn. Kaiser, Crother, Kelly, Luiselli, O'Shea, Ota, Passos, Schleip & Wüster 2013) |
Contents:
5 species, of which 4 (80.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks:
Previously included in
Liasis (e.g., Cogger 2000).
Distribution:
New Guinea, Australia.
Reported from:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Northern Territory,
Queensland
[incl.
Fraser Island,
Torres Strait Islands],
South Australia,
Western Australia),
Indonesia
(Western New Guinea),
Papua New Guinea
(Eastern New Guinea).
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Antaresia childreni
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Faded Python, Banded Rock Python, (Children's Python)
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Bunter Zwergpython, (Gefleckter Python)
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Broget Dværgpyton
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1842 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Liasis childreni Gray |
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Bothrochilus childreni Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 |
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Antaresia childreni Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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Morelia childreni Underwood & Stimson 1990 |
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Nardoa gilberti Gray (Stimson 1969) |
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Distribution:
Australia
(Northern Territory,
Queensland,
Western Australia).
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Antaresia childreni
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Antaresia maculosa
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Australian Spotted Python, Mottled Python, Eastern Small-blotched Python, (Eastern Children's Python)
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Australischer Fleckenpython
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Australsk Småplettet Dværgpyton
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Liasis maculosus Peters |
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Antaresia maculosus Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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Bothrochilus maculosus Wilson & Knowles 1988 |
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Morelia maculosa Underwood & Stimson 1990 |
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Antaresia maculosa peninsularis Esquerré, Donnellan, Pavón-Vázquez, Fenker & Keogh |
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Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of childreni (e.g., Stimson 1969).
Formerly included the populations now assigned to papuensis.
Records from New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands refer to papuensis (Esquerré, Donnellan, Pavón-Vázquez, Fenker & Keogh 2021).
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Queensland
[incl.
Fraser Island]).
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Antaresia maculosa
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Antaresia papuensis
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Papuan Spotted Python
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Papuanischer Fleckenpython
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Papuansk Dværgpyton
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Antaresia papuensis Esquerré, Donnellan, Pavón-Vázquez, Fenker & Keogh |
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Distribution:
Australia
(Queensland
(Badu Island]),
Indonesia
(Western New Guinea),
Papua New Guinea
(Eastern New Guinea).
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Antaresia perthensis
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Pygmy Python, Ant-Hill Python
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Perth-Zwergpython
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Vestaustralsk Dværgpyton
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1932 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Liasis childreni perthensis Stull |
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Liasis perthensis Mitchell 1965 |
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Bothrochilus perthensis Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 |
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Morelia perthensis Underwood & Stimson 1990 |
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Antaresia perthensis Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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Distribution:
Australia
(Western Australia).
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Antaresia perthensis
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Antaresia stimsoni
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Large-blotched Python, Blotched Python, (Stimson’s Python)
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Grossflecken-Zwergpython, (Stimson-Python)
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Storplettet Dværgpyton
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Liasis stimsoni Smith |
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Bothrochilus stimsoni Wilson & Knowles 1988 |
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Morelia stimsoni Underwood & Stimson 1990 |
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Antaresia stimsoni Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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Liasis stimsoni orientalis Smith |
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Antaresia stimsoni orientalis Schleip & O'Shea 2010 |
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Antaresia saxacola Wells & Wellington [nomen nudum] (Shea & Sadlier 1999; Aplin & Smith 2001) |
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Antaresia saxacola campbelli Hoser (Schleip & O'Shea 2010) |
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Other common names:
orientalis: Eastern Blotched Python
stimsoni: Western Blotched Python
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Northern Territory,
Queensland,
South Australia,
Western Australia).
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Antaresia stimsoni
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