Malayopython Reynolds, Niemiller & Revell, 2014

Szyndlar, Zbigniew & Georgalis, Georgios L., 2023, An illustrated atlas of the vertebral morphology of extant non-caenophidian snakes, with special emphasis on the cloacal and caudal portions of the column, Vertebrate Zoology 73, pp. 717-886 : 717

Malayopython Reynolds, Niemiller & Revell, 2014

Material examined.

Malayopython reticulatus (Schneider, 1801) (ISEZ R/436 [juvenile]); Malayopython timoriensis (Peters, 1876) (SMF PH 27 [juvenile]).

Description (Figs 150-151).

Trunk vertebrae. The morphology is relatively similar to that of Python above. The haemal keel in more posterior vertebrae is somewhat wider and less distinct (like in Python bivittatus and Python molurus ).

Trunk / caudal transition. The morphology is relatively similar to that of Python above, but normally developed haemapophyses can appear on the third ( Malayopython reticulatus and Malayopython timoriensis ) caudal vertebra.

Number of vertebrae. Malayopython reticulatus (ISEZ R/436) (juvenile): 413 (312+3+98); Malayopython timoriensis (SMF PH 27) (juvenile): 352 (287+5+60 [posteriormost caudal vertebrae are fused]).

Data from literature: Malayopython reticulatus : 269-316 trunk vertebrae plus 92-102 cloacal and caudal vertebrae ( Nopcsa 1923).