Pygmy python

Antaresia perthensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pythonidae
Genus:	Antaresia
Species:	A. perthensis
Binomial name
	Antaresia perthensis; (Stull, 1932)
Synonyms
	Liasis childreni perthensis - Stull, 1932; Liasis perthensis - Cogger, Cameron & Cogger, 1983; Bothrochilus perthensis - Cogger, Cameron & Cogger, 1983; Morelia perthensis - Underwood & Stimson, 1990; Liasis perthensis - Cogger, 1992; A[ntaresia]. perthensis - Kluge, 1993;

Antaresia perthensis is a python species found in western Australia. It is the smallest of all pythons, reaching only twenty inches at maturity. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[2]

Common names: pygmy python, anthill python.

Geographic range

Found in Australia in the northwest of Western Australia and on some coastal islands. The type locality given is "Perth, West Australia" (Western Australia); a mistake. According to L.A. Smith (1985), the type locality is unknown.^[1]

Cited references

^ ^a ^b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ "Antaresia perthensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 17 August. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[McD99-1] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

[ITIS-2] "Antaresia perthensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 17 August. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

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