Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Pythonidae Asia Malay Archipelago Taxonomy of the genus Malayopython Biodiversity of the family Pythonidae Bibliography of the genus Malayopython (Malayan Pythons) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Pythonidae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Malayopython in general Hoser, R.T. 2013. The taxonomy of the snake genus Broghammerus Hoser, 2004 revisited, including the creation of a new subgenus for Broghammerus timoriensis (Peters, 1876). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 16: 19-26. Hoser, R.T. 2014. New snake taxa from Australasia, Asia and Africa. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 23: 13-21. Reynolds, R.G.; Niemiller, M.L.; Revell, L.J. 2014. Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: multi locus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 201-213. Malayopython reticulatus Anonymous. 1968. Reticulated pythons - a first. Animal Kingdom 71(4): 29. Abel, F. 1998. Status, population biology and conservation of the water monitor (Varanus salvator), the reticulated python (Python reticulatus), and the blood python (Python curtus) in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia - project report north Sumatra. Mertensiella 9: 111-117. Araki, K.; Onaka, S.; Nishi, H. 1988. Breeding reticulate python, Python reticulatus, at Takarazuka Zool. and Bot. Gardens. (2) Mating, laying and artificial incubation. Journal of Japanese Association of Zoological Gardens and Aquariums 30(1): 1-5. Auliya, M. 2002. A trap designed for capturing Python reticulatus (Serpentes: Pythonidae) in the wild. Hamadryad 27(1): 142-145. Auliya, M.; Abel, F. 2000. Zur Taxonomie, geographischen Verbreitung und Nahrungsökologie des Netzpythons (Python reticulatus). 1. Einleitung, Material und Methode, Taxonomie und geographische Verbreitung. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 22(127): 5-18. Auliya, M.; Abel, F. 2000. Zur Taxonomie, geographischen Verbreitung und Nahrungsökologie des Netzpythons (Python reticulatus). 2. Nahrungsökologie, Danksagung und Literatur. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 22(128): 19-28. Auliya, M.; Mausfeld, P.; Schmitz, A.; Böhme, W. 2002. Review of the Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus Schneider, 1801) with the description of a new subspecies. Naturwissenschaften 89(5): 201-213. Auliya, M.A. 2006. Taxonomy, life history and conservation of giant reptiles in west Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). Natur und Tier-Verlag, Münster. 432 pp. Barker, D.; Barker, T. 1995. Big snake bites. Vivarium (Lakeside) 7(2): 36-40. Barker, D.G. 2008. Will they come in out of the cold? Observations of large constrictors in cool and cold conditions. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 43(6): 93-97. Barker, D.G.; Barten, S.L.; Ehrsam, J.P.; Daddono, L. 2012. The corrected lengths of two well-known giant pythons and the establishment of a new maximum length record for Burmese pythons, Python bivittatus. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 47(1): 1-6. Betmead, D.; Hugh Jones, T. 1987. The care of a juvenile reticulated python. Snake Keeper 1(5): 15. Biswas, S.; Acharjyo, L.N. 1976. Notes on the skin sloughing of reticulated python in captivity. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 73(1): 224. Booth, W.; Schuett, G.W.; Ridgway, A.; Buxton, D.W.; Castoe, T.A.; Bastone, G.; Bennett, C.; McMahan, W. 2014. New insights on facultative parthenogenesis in pythons. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112(3): 461-468. Brongersma, L.D. 1947. Zoological notes from Port Dickson. 1. Amphibians and reptiles. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 27: 300-308. Clarke, E.; Reichard, U.H.; Zuberbühler, K. 2012. 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Breeding of reticulated python. IZN (International Zoo News) 26(4): 23. Gursky, S. 2002. Predation on a wild spectral tarsier (Tarsius spectrum) by a snake. Folia Primatologica 73(1): 60-62. Headland, T.N.; Greene, H.W. 2011. Hunter-gatherers and other primates as prey, predators, and competitors of snakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108(52): E1470-E1474. Honegger, R.E. 1970. Beitrag zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie von Boa constrictor und Python reticulatus (Reptilia, Boidae). Salamandra 6(1-2): 73-79. Honegger, R.E. 1971. Beitrag zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie einiger tropischer Reptilien. Freunde Kölner Zoo 4 [1970]: 175-179. Hoser, R.T. 2004. A reclassification of the Pythoninae including the descriptions of two new genera, two new species and nine new subspecies. (Continued from Crocodilian 4(3), 2003). Crocodilian 4(4): 21-39. Jacobson, E. 1938. Reutenslagen en Hun Prooi [Python reticulatus]. De Tropische Natuur 1986: 49-51. Jakel, T.; Henke, M.; Weingarten, B.; Kliemt, D.; Seidinger, S. 1997. In vitro cultivation of the vascular phase of Sarcocystis singaporensis. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 44(4): 293-299. Kaiser, H.; Taylor, D.; Heacox, S.; Landry, P.; Sánchez, C.; Ribeiro, A.V.; Araujo, L.L. de; Kathriner, A.; O'Shea, M. 2013. Conservation education in a post-conflict country: five herpetological case studies in Timor-Leste. Salamandra 49(2): 74-86. Kalaiarasan, V. 1990. Captive breeding of the reticulated python (Python reticulatus). Cobra (Madras) 1: 9-11. Kalki, Y.; Schramer, T.D.; Wylie, D. 2018. On the occurrence of Malayopython reticulatus (Schneider, 1801) (Squamata: Pythonidae) on mainland India. Herpetology Notes 11: 703-708. Kardong, K.V.; Berkhoudt, H. 1998. Intraoral transport of prey in the reticulated python: tests of a general tetrapod feeding model. Zoology (Jena) 101(1): 7-23. Kock, D.; Schroder, H. 1981. Die Gattung Python in Bangladesh (Reptilia: Serpentes: Boidae). 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