Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution
Author
Schleip, Wulf D.
Author
O'Shea, Mark
text
ZooKeys
2010
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29
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.66.683
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.66.683
1313-2970-66-29
Genus
Broghammerus Hoser, 2004 fideRawlings et al. (2008)
Type species:
Python reticulatus
Schneider, 1801
Remarks:
Subsequent workers did not recognize
Broghammerus
until a new analysis combining morphological and molecular evidence (
Rawlings et al. 2008
) led to a split of the genus
Python
. The latter authors expanded
Hoser's
original concept of the genus to include the taxon timoriensis Peters, since they demonstrated that this species is more closely related to
Broghammerus reticulatus
than species retained within the genus
Python
(or to
Austroliasis
[i.e.,
Morelia
], the genus to which Hoser assigned timoriensis).