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Python molurus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA SQUAMATA PYTHONIDAE

Scientific Name: Python molurus
Species Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name/s:
English – Asiatic Rock Python, Burmese Python, Indian Python, Tiger Python
French – Python Molure, Python Tigre
Synonym/s:
Coluber boaeformis Shaw, 1802
Coluber molurus Linnaeus, 1758
Python albicans Schneider, 1801
Python bora Daudin, 1803
Python castanea Schneider, 1801
Python cinerea Schneider, 1801
Python molurus Werner, 1899 subspecies ocellata
Python orbiculata Schneider, 1801
Python tigris Daudin, 1803

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:
History:
1994 – Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Vulnerable (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Bangladesh; Cambodia; China; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Viet Nam
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Python molurus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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