| This
genus contains two species, endemic to Australia.
Aspidites
Peters, 1877
(Type
= Aspidiotes melanocephalus)
Aspidiots Krefft, 1864
(Type = Aspidiotes melanocephalus)
Aspidiotus Peters, 1876
(Type = Aspidiotes melanocephalus) |
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Aspidites
melanocephalus (Krefft, 1864)
Aspidiotes
melanocephalus Krefft, 1864
Aspidiotus melanocephalus (Krefft,
1864)
Aspidites melanocephalus adelynensis
Hoser, 2000
Aspidites melanocephalus davieii
Hoser, 2000
Aspidites melanocephalus melanocephalus
(Krefft, 1864) |
Distribution: Australia. |
Aspidites
ramsayi (Macleay, 1882)
Aspidiotes
ramsayi Macleay, 1882
Aspidites collaris Longman,
1913
Aspidites melanocephalus ramsayi
(Macleay, 1882)
Aspidites ramsayi panoptes Hoser,
2000
Aspidites ramsayi ramsayi
(Macleay, 1882)
Aspidites ramsayi richardjonesii
Hoser, 2000 |
Distribution: Australia. |
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| Literature |
| Barker,
D.G. & T.M. Barker. 1994. Pythons of the World, Volume
I, Australia. Advanced Vivarium Systems, California, 171
pp. |
| Cogger,
H.G. 1983. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. AH &
AW Reed Pty Ltd, 660 pp. |
| Hoser,
R. 2000. A Revision of the Australasian Pythons. Ophidia
Review, 1(1): 7-27. |
| McDiarmid,
R.W., J.A. Campbell & T.A. Touré. 1999. Snakes
Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.
Volume 1. Herpetol. League, Washington, 511 pp. |
| Merahtzakis,
G. 1995. Nachzuchterfolg bei Aspidites melanocephalus.
elaphe, 3(3): 7-8. |
| Peters,
W.C.H. 1876. Über die von S.M.S. Gazelle mitgebrachten
Amphibien. Mber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin,
1876: 528-535. |
| Peters,
W.C.H. 1877. Berichtigung zu S. 533 und S. 710. Mber.
Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876: 914. |
| Shine,
R. & D.J. Slip. 1990. Biological Aspects of the Adaptive
Radiation of Australasian Pythons (Serpentes: Boidae).
Herpetologica, 46(3): 283-290. |
| Underwood,
G. 2002. On the Rictal Structures of some Snakes. Herpetologica,
58(1): 1-17. |
| Vergner,
I. 1994. Zur Fortpflanzung von Python-Arten. DATZ, 47(9):
564-568. |
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