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Python sebae (rock python)

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Python sebae was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Python sebae Gmelin
1964Python sebae Antunes p. 186

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
genusPython
speciessebaeGmelin 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Python sebae Gmelin 1789 [rock python]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:47:29
Modified: 2005-09-23 14:53:48
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Greene 1997, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Python sebae (22410 22462)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Namibia Python sebae (21855)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Python sebae (24181)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Python sebae (59839)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Python sebae (32050)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Python sebae (21831)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Eritrea (Buia) Python sebae (193126)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.126Eritrea Python sebae (185616)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Python sebae (83303 83304)