Python regius (Shaw, 1802)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968198 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF65-B889-FF6B-45437A390CC6 |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Python regius (Shaw, 1802) |
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Python regius (Shaw, 1802) View in CoL — Non-native; Introduced.
Ball Python
Singapore records.
Python regius — N. Baker, 2020c: 99 (Old Upper Thomson Road ) .
Remarks. Recently on 24 April 2020, a P. regius was found along the drain running along OUTR (Baker 2020). Python regius is native to western and central Africa (Wallach et al. 2014); thus, the snake was most certainly a released pet. Python regius is popular in the pet trade, and is celebrated for its exorbitant number of captive-bred colour morphs. The individual featured in Baker (2020) was identified as a “killer blast” morph.
LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.
Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.
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