Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
April 12th, 2025.
 
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Genus
Bothrochilus
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Bismarck Ringed Python
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Bismarck-Ringpython
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Bismarckpyton
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1842 |  |
Nardoa Gray (type species: Nardoa schlegelii Gray 1842; syn. Stimson 1969) |
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1843 | |
Bothrochilus Fitzinger (type species: Tortrix boa Schlegel 1837) |
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1901 | |
Nardoana Berg [substitute name for Nardoa Gray 1842] |
Contents:
1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Regarded as a synonym of
Morelia by Underwood & Stimson (1990), but as a valid genus by most subsequent
works (e.g., Kluge 1993; Reynolds, Niemiller & Revell 2014).
Previously included
Leiopython.
Distribution:
As for the single species.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Bothrochilus.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Bothrochilus boa
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Bismarck Ringed Python, Ringed Python, Barred Python, (New Guinea Dwarf Python)
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Bismarck-Ringpython, Neuguinea-Zwergpython
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Bismarckpyton
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Tortrix boa Schlegel |
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Bothrochilus boa Fitzinger 1843 |
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Nardoa boa Boulenger 1893 |
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Liasis boa McDowell 1975 |
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Morelia boa Underwood & Stimson 1990 |
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1842 | |
Nardoa schlegelii Gray (Stimson 1969) |
Remarks:
Records from mainland New Guinea, Tokelau, and Indonesia are regarded as erroneous (McDowell 1975).
Distribution:
Papua New Guinea
(Bismarck Archipelago
[Duke of York,
New Britain,
New Ireland,
Umboi],
North Solomon Islands).
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