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<treatment id="D3A7D18598007A04DBF1661373059D91" ID-GBIF-Taxon="159360533" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D3A7D18598007A04DBF1661373059D91" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D3A7D18598007A04DBF1661373059D91" lastPageNumber="44" pageId="15" pageNumber="44">
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Genus
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<taxonomicName id="02363B0F722B9D70720517F1DDE97819" ID-CoL="8V5S8" ID-ENA="136922" authority="Gray, 1842" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1842" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Morelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Morelia" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Morelia Gray, 1842</taxonomicName>
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<subSubSection id="1DB3A33BA6C8F078DF021674D0EB8324" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" type="synonyms">
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<paragraph id="25CCAD6FAAF0D27574DC63FBE9631248" pageId="15" pageNumber="44">Synonyms:</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="435C10BD04E077A218078CDF9C6CCEA1" class="Reptilia" family="Boidae" genus="Lenhoserus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lenhoserus" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Lenhoserus</taxonomicName>
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Hoser, 2000
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<taxonomicName id="061D54585765BE45748205DC746207A6" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Chondropython" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chondropython" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Chondropython</taxonomicName>
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Meyer, 1874 -
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<bibRefCitation id="1277B0BF549596609DB54679308D89BF" author="Hoser, RT" journalOrPublisher="Ophidia Review" pageId="24" pageNumber="53" pagination="7 - 27" title="A revision of the Australasian pythons." url="http://www.smuggled.com/pytrsm1.pdf" volume="1" year="2000">Hoser 2000</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph id="9C395A9D6D5573B1E275B8F6DAA1A1C0" pageId="15" pageNumber="44">
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<taxonomicName id="032F44A6A6C6E26AD5174733C9102359" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Nyctophilopython" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nyctophilopython" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Nyctophilopython</taxonomicName>
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Wells & Wellington, 1985 -
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<bibRefCitation id="0D257BBE6A287E5CE834AFF041AD6C47" author="Hoser, RT" journalOrPublisher="Ophidia Review" pageId="24" pageNumber="53" pagination="7 - 27" title="A revision of the Australasian pythons." url="http://www.smuggled.com/pytrsm1.pdf" volume="1" year="2000">Hoser 2000</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph id="0189C93BF741DE04BF225A7F5488ED73" pageId="15" pageNumber="44">
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<taxonomicName id="3004BB467CFBB0FCD3E8BF0A6F827DE3" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Montypythonoides" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Montypythonoides" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Montypythonoides</taxonomicName>
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Smith & Plane, 1985 -
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<bibRefCitation id="86FCC04DCD2E8EB9B79AB0703F969489" author="Scanlon, JD" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists" pageId="25" pageNumber="54" pagination="1 - 35" title="Montypythonoides: the Miocene snake Morelia riversleighensis (Smith and Plane, 1985) and the geographical origin of pythons." volume="25" year="2001">Scanlon 2001</bibRefCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1F194289E0A4329B723714B5B4D7C5DD" pageId="15" pageNumber="44">
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<taxonomicName id="E0B0F098A04F225AC6F4D9083E1E224D" class="Reptilia" family="Boidae" genus="Australiasis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Australiasis" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Australiasis</taxonomicName>
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Wells & Wellington, 1984 -
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<bibRefCitation id="A82DA027A8B4FBB761F52E55916E5282" author="Hoser, RT" journalOrPublisher="Crocodilian - Journal of the Victorian Association of Amateur Herpetologists 4 (3): 31 - 37 and" pageId="24" pageNumber="53" pagination="21 - 40" title="A reclassification of the Pythoninae including the description of two new genera, two new species and nine new subspecies." volume="4" year="2004">Hoser 2004</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph id="39F94C80DB85E85784C4B1F14559CC75" pageId="15" pageNumber="44">Remarks:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5E706136326C159475AF724C9733C4B3" pageId="15" pageNumber="44">
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<bibRefCitation id="CE92F32F5943DF270CC6ACF5CF49A70E" author="Hoser, RT" journalOrPublisher="Ophidia Review" pageId="24" pageNumber="53" pagination="7 - 27" title="A revision of the Australasian pythons." url="http://www.smuggled.com/pytrsm1.pdf" volume="1" year="2000">Hoser (2000)</bibRefCitation>
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proposed the splitting of this genus into several genera. He created a new genus,
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<taxonomicName id="C67F425F14C2F78DF9FE6CBEBFF39F5D" class="Reptilia" family="Boidae" genus="Lenhoserus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lenhoserus" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Lenhoserus</taxonomicName>
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Hoser (see comments there) (for
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<taxonomicName id="52D101850FF58D93A744B7EBD7D485B3" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Morelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Morelia boeleni" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boeleni">Morelia boeleni</taxonomicName>
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), and resurrected
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Wells & Wellington (for
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<taxonomicName id="0ABCFA05FC8A38E044577F3009C05631" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Morelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Morelia amethistina" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="amethistina">Morelia amethistina</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="3B45BD348136584841447AB902D3E96B" class="Reptilia" family="Pythonidae" genus="Broghammerus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Broghammerus timoriensis" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="timoriensis">Broghammerus timoriensis</taxonomicName>
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), but created an unavailable name (APP6) ("
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<taxonomicName id="72F50CDA78DE2446FB9530B3574FA017" class="Reptilia" family="Boidae" genus="Austroliasis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austroliasis" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Austroliasis"</taxonomicName>
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) by incorrect subsequent spelling (APP4). Later,
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<bibRefCitation id="EED7F4959BD2824209CF04CEC407EF04" author="Hoser, RT" journalOrPublisher="Crocodilian - Journal of the Victorian Association of Amateur Herpetologists 4 (3): 31 - 37 and" pageId="24" pageNumber="53" pagination="21 - 40" title="A reclassification of the Pythoninae including the description of two new genera, two new species and nine new subspecies." volume="4" year="2004">Hoser (2004)</bibRefCitation>
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used the correct spelling
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<taxonomicName id="1F1F755356C90C0A8DB94EAEAC86890F" class="Reptilia" family="Boidae" genus="Australiasis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Australiasis" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Australiasis</taxonomicName>
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Wells & Wellington, added the species recognized by
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<bibRefCitation id="E4FBBA0359F04BD6C3FEA50BFF966E29" author="Harvey, MB" journalOrPublisher="Herpetological Monographs" pageId="24" pageNumber="53" pagination="139 - 185" title="Systematics of pythons of the Morelia amethistina Complex (Serpentes: Boidae) with the description of three new species." volume="14" year="2000">Harvey et al. (2000)</bibRefCitation>
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and additionally resurrected the taxon duceboracensis
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<bibRefCitation id="15491C5C48283598034B675E8E7A0E38" author="Guenther, A" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History" pageId="24" pageNumber="53" pagination="84 - 87" title="Notice of a collection of reptiles from islands of Torres Straits." volume="5" year="1879">
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(see comments there). Furthermore, he resurrected
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<taxonomicName id="654F26B7FB81DAA0EFD15325EBE51CC5" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Chondropython" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chondropython" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Chondropython</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation id="265AFFFB13E3949CE84E31BE2797F283" pageId="15" pageNumber="44">Meyer 1874</bibRefCitation>
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(for
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<taxonomicName id="755CEEA0C4EA24E5F177EBCEFBBA99A3" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Morelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Morelia viridis" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">Morelia viridis</taxonomicName>
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) and
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<taxonomicName id="C379DFC617FC851FA4E88F4340ECE208" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Nyctophilopython" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nyctophilopython" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Nyctophilopython</taxonomicName>
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Wells & Wellington (for
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<taxonomicName id="DC831F5C178C6635E87814EABE011A41" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Morelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Morelia oenpelliensis" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oenpelliensis">Morelia oenpelliensis</taxonomicName>
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). However, phylogenetic studies (
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<bibRefCitation id="D077AE6098969A9F730CF293A8754A63" author="Rawlings, LH" journalOrPublisher="Biological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="25" pageNumber="54" pagination="603 - 619" title="Python phylogenetics: inference from morphology and mitochondrial DNA." volume="93" year="2008">Rawlings et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
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) revealed that this taxonomic action is unwarranted. Although
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<bibRefCitation id="64E1E430974EE90363DCC6D06A960DB0" author="Rawlings, LH" journalOrPublisher="Biological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="25" pageNumber="54" pagination="603 - 619" title="Python phylogenetics: inference from morphology and mitochondrial DNA." volume="93" year="2008">Rawlings et al.'s (2008)</bibRefCitation>
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maximum parsimony analysis showed
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<taxonomicName id="F33C47F15C0104287125AB4284626810" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Morelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Morelia" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Morelia</taxonomicName>
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to be diphyletic (but monophyletic in Bayesian analysis), the separation of the amethistina-complex (sensu
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<bibRefCitation id="D940CF06DD2BA53B735AFA7E9C14346A" author="Harvey, MB" journalOrPublisher="Herpetological Monographs" pageId="24" pageNumber="53" pagination="139 - 185" title="Systematics of pythons of the Morelia amethistina Complex (Serpentes: Boidae) with the description of three new species." volume="14" year="2000">Harvey et al. 2000</bibRefCitation>
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) and of oenpelliensis from the bredli/spilota-clade would in any case be unwarranted and would nullify the monophyly of this grouping. The resurrection of
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<taxonomicName id="E02CEDA013C2056E51BE9687136808C0" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Chondropython" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chondropython" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Chondropython</taxonomicName>
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would only be warranted at subgeneric rank with the inclusion of the two recognized lineages of the green tree python (sensu
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<bibRefCitation id="3FFC266236B533E1957DFCD7B697AD2E" author="Rawlings, LH" journalOrPublisher="Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" pageId="25" pageNumber="54" pagination="36 - 44" title="Phylogeographic analysis of the green python, Morelia viridis, reveals cryptic diversity." volume="27" year="2003">Rawlings and Donnellan 2003</bibRefCitation>
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) and of
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<taxonomicName id="23960611129E04EB282DB4FE5A0282B5" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Morelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Morelia carinata" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="carinata">Morelia carinata</taxonomicName>
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. However,
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<bibRefCitation id="D2EEB863F2A697AA02D1E6D97B8F76DB" author="Rawlings, LH" journalOrPublisher="Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" pageId="25" pageNumber="54" pagination="36 - 44" title="Phylogeographic analysis of the green python, Morelia viridis, reveals cryptic diversity." volume="27" year="2003">Rawlings and Donnellan (2003)</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<bibRefCitation id="E81AA2D9CFA4AEF4D24025583CC26120" author="Rawlings, LH" journalOrPublisher="Biological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="25" pageNumber="54" pagination="603 - 619" title="Python phylogenetics: inference from morphology and mitochondrial DNA." volume="93" year="2008">Rawlings et al. (2008)</bibRefCitation>
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avoided such placement because the phylogeny was not fully resolved (see comments for
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<taxonomicName id="345AB2B4BA665A92D60DBADB4A82E747" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Chondropython" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chondropython azureus" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="azureus">Chondropython azureus</taxonomicName>
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) The placement of
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<taxonomicName id="3A164AFBB638ADD67EDF042087974574" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Morelia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Morelia boeleni" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boeleni">Morelia boeleni</taxonomicName>
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as a separate monotypic genus is also unwarranted. We do not see any value in dividing such a small genus, and in the interests of nomenclatural stability, we place
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<taxonomicName id="60D1FF8F7896807D913BA6C68EDB971B" class="Reptilia" family="Boidae" genus="Australiasis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Australiasis" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Australiasis</taxonomicName>
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,
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,
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<taxonomicName id="DE24A7B14C99CEC97FE4EB4DDAB142AC" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Chondropython" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chondropython" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Chondropython</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName id="2015C65D6E74ACC6240DF596B0D5D022" class="Squamata" family="Pythonidae" genus="Nyctophilopython" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nyctophilopython" pageId="15" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Nyctophilopython</taxonomicName>
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in the synonymy of
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.
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