Oenpelli python | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pythonidae |
Genus: | Nyctophilopython Wells & Wellington, 1985 |
Species: | N. oenpelliensis
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Binomial name | |
Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis | |
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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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