Published May 18, 2023 | Version v1
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Python bivittatus Kuhl 1820

Description

Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820 — Erroneous.

Burmese Python

Singapore records.

No published records.

Remarks. Python bivittatus distribution covers northeastern India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Bali, Java, Nusa Barung, Sulawesi, Sumbawa in Indonesia (Wallach et al. 2014). As such, specimen NMW-15571 donated by Steindachner around 1874, which has the locality Singapore, was most likely traded or shipped through Singapore.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): NMW.

Notes

Published as part of Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore's herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, pp. 1-378 in Zootaxa 5287 (1) on pages 278-279, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7960319

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kuhl
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Squamata
Family
Pythonidae
Genus
Python
Species
bivittatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820 sec. Figueroa, Low & Lim, 2023