Amethystine python

Amethystine python
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pythonidae
Genus:	Simalia
Species:	S. amethistina
Binomial name
Simalia amethistina (Schneider, 1801)
Range shown as dark orange and bright orange regions
Synonyms
[Boa] Amethistina Schneider, 1801 Python amethystinus — Daudin, 1803 [Constrictor] amethystina — Wagler, 1830 Boa amethystina — Wagler, 1830 Python amethystinus — Schlegel, 1837 [Boa Python] amethystinus — Schlegel, 1837 Liasis amethystinus — Gray, 1842 Liasis amethystinus — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Liasis (Simalia) amethystinus — Gray, 1849 Aspidopython Jakati A. Meyer, 1874 Liasis amethystinus — W. Peters & Doria, 1878 Liasis duceboracensis Günther, 1879 Hypaspistes dipsadides Ogilby, 1891 Python amethystinus — Boulenger, 1893 Liasis clarki Barbour, 1914 Liasis a[methistinus]. amethistinus — Stull, 1933 Liasis amethistinus — Brongersma, 1953 Liasis amethystinus amethystinus — Kinghorn, 1956 Liasis amethistinus — Stimson, 1969 Python amethistinus — McDowell, 1975 Morelia amethistina — H.G. Cogger, Cameron & H.M. Cogger, 1983 Australiasis amethistinus — Wells & Wellington, 1984 Morelia amethistina — Underwood & Stimson, 1990 M[orelia]. amethistina — Kluge, 1993 Morelia amethystina — D. Barker & T. Barker, 1994 Morelia amethistina amethistina — O'Shea, 1996[2] Simalia amethistina — Reynolds et al., 2014[3]

The amethystine python (Simalia amethistina, formerly known as Morelia amethistina), also known as the scrub python or sanca permata in Indonesian, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Popular among reptile enthusiasts, and noted for its coloration and size, it is one of the largest snakes in the world, as measured either by length or weight, and is the largest native snake in Papua New Guinea. Until 2000, the larger S. kinghorni was generally considered a subspecies of S. amethistina, and this change of classification has still not been universally reflected in literature. Because of this issue, S. amethistina has often been described as the largest snake in Australia, but this is not accurate since under the current classification, this species does not occur in Australia.^[4]