Biology:Leiopython fredparkeri

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Short description: Species of snake

Leiopython fredparkeri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pythonidae
Genus: Leiopython
Species:
L. fredparkeri
Binomial name
Leiopython fredparkeri
Schleip, 2008
Synonyms[2]

Leiopython hoserae
Leiopython albertisii bennetti
Leiopython bennettorum
Bothrochilus hoserae
Leiopython meridionalis
Leiopython montanus
Bothrochilus fredparkeri
Bothrochilus bennettorum
Bothrochilus montanus

Leiopython fredparkeri, the Karimui Basin whitelip python or Karimui Basin white-lipped python, is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae. It is endemic to New Guinea.[1][2] It was first described by Wulf Schleip in 2008.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, fredparkeri, is in honor of Australian naturalist Fred Parker (born 1941).[4]

Geographic range

It is found in mainland Papua New Guinea.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tallowin, O.; O'Shea, M.; Parker, F. (2018). "Leiopython fredparkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42494018A42494021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T42494018A42494021.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42494018/42494021. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Leiopython fredparkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
  3.  , Wikidata Q54670965
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leiopython fredparkeri, p. 94; "Parker, F.", p. 200).

Wikidata ☰ Q3229213 entry