Oenpelli python

Oenpelli python
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pythonidae
Genus: Nyctophilopython
Wells & Wellington, 1985
Species:
N. oenpelliensis
Binomial name
Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis
(Gow, 1977)[2]
Synonyms

The Oenpelli python or Oenpelli rock python (Simalia oenpelliensis or Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis) is a species of large snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is endemic to the sandstone massif area of the western Arnhem Land region in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1][5] There are no subspecies that are recognised as being valid.[4] It has been called the rarest python in the world.[6][7][8] Two notable characteristics of the species are the unusually large size of its eggs and its ability to change colour.[9] It is the longest snake native to the Northern Territory.[10]

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  6. ^ Rarest Python in the World. SnakeBytesTV. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  7. ^ Breeding plan aims to save snakes. ABC News (Australia). 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
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