Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022.




 



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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) |
1843 |  |
Bothrochilus Fitzinger (type species: Tortrix boa Schlegel 1837) |
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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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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1837 |  |
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 |
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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