Aspidites

Aspidites
Black-headed python, Aspidites melanocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pythonidae
Subfamily: Pythoninae
Genus: Aspidites
W. Peters, 1877
Synonyms
  • Aspidiotes Krefft, 1864
  • Aspidiotus W. Peters, 1876
  • Aspidites W. Peters, 1877[1]

Aspidites is a genus of pythons endemic to Australia. The name can be translated as "shield bearer" and pertains to the symmetrically shaped head scales. Currently, two species are recognized.[2]

  1. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ "Aspidites". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 September 2007.