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    Species Accepted

    Antaresia maculosa (Peters, 1873)

    Cape York Spotted Python [peninsularis]
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Antaresia
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      South AfricaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      13 results
      Cape York Spotted Python [peninsularis] English
      Eastern Children's Python English
      Eastern Childrens Python English
      Eastern Small-blotched Python English
      Fleckenpython German
      Gefleckter Python German
      Gefleckter Zwergpython German
      Mottled Python English
      Python tacheté French
      Sanca tutul Indonesian

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      1 result
      Source Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      31 results
      Cogger, H. G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, Xxx + 1033 Pp.
      Kaiser, H.; Crother, B.I.; Kelly, C.M.R.; Luiselli, L.; O’Shea, M.; Ota, H.; Passos, P.; Schleip, W.D. & Wüster, W. (2013). Best Practices: In the 21st Century, Taxonomic Decisions in Herpetology are Acceptable Only When Supported by a Body of Evidence and Published via Peer-Review. Herpetological Review 44 (1): 8-23.
      Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue]. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 Pp.
      Kunz, K. (2017). Die Pythons Neuguineas. Von altbekannt bis geheimnisumwittert. Reptilia (Münster) 22 (127): 16-21.
      Hasselberg, D. (2004). Gefleckter Zwergpython, Antaresia maculosa (PETERS 1873). Reptilia (Münster) 9 (49): 79-81.
      Peters, & Wilhem Carl Hartwig. (1873). Über eine neue Schildkrötenart, Cinosternon effeldtii und einige andere neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien. Monatsber. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1873 (October): 603-618.
      Swan, G., Sadlier, R., & Shea, G. (2017). A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 Pp.
      Mattison, & Chris. (2007). The New Encyclopedia of Snakes. Princeton University Press.
      Walls, J. G. (1995). The living pythons - A complete guide to the pythons of the world. TFH Publications, 256 Pp.
      Biswas, A., Ghosh, A., & Agashe, M. (2025). In ’hot’pursuit: exploring the evolutionary ecology of labial pits in boas and pythons. Proceedings B, 292(2045), 20250199.

      Citation

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