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| name = Moluccan python |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| status = NT |
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| phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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| status_system = IUCN3.1 |
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| classis = [[Reptilia]] |
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| ordo = [[Squamata]] |
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| genus = Simalia |
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| familia = [[Pythonidae]] |
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| genus = [[Python (genus)|Python]] |
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| authority = (Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale, 2000) |
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'''Morelia clastolepis''', also known as the '''Mollucan python''', is a [[species]] of [[python (genus)|python]] found in [[Indonesia]]. They can grow to be 8–9 feet in length.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acreptiles.com/pythons_moluccan.htm |title=Anthony Caponetto Reptiles - Moluccan Pythons |publisher=Acreptiles.com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-07}}</ref> |
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'''''Simalia clastolepis''''',<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Reynolds|first=R. Graham|last2=Niemiller|first2=Matthew L.|last3=Revell|first3=Liam J.|date=2014|title=Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling|url=http://faculty.umb.edu/liam.revell/pdfs/Reynolds_etal_2014.MPE.pdf|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}}</ref> also known as the '''Moluccan python''' or '''yellow python''', is a [[species]] of [[python (genus)|python]] found in [[Indonesia]] in dense forests of the islands on [[Ambon Island|Ambon]] and [[Seram]] im [[Maluku (province)|Maluku]]. They can grow to be 8–9 feet in length.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acreptiles.com/pythons_moluccan.htm |title=Anthony Caponetto Reptiles - Moluccan Pythons |publisher=Acreptiles.com |access-date=2012-07-07}}</ref> |
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[[Category:Snakes]] |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pythonidae |
| Genus: | Simalia |
| Species: | S. clastolepis
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| Simalia clastolepis (Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale, 2000)
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Simalia clastolepis,[1] also known as the Moluccan python or yellow python, is a species of python found in Indonesia in dense forests of the islands on Ambon and Seram im Maluku. They can grow to be 8–9 feet in length.[2]
Description
[edit]As hatchlings they have a red in color, which then turns from brown to yellow, then as adults, will get black along their spine. They can also be patternless or striped.
References
[edit]- ^ Reynolds, R. Graham; Niemiller, Matthew L.; Revell, Liam J. (2014). "Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
- ^ "Anthony Caponetto Reptiles - Moluccan Pythons". Acreptiles.com. Retrieved 2012-07-07.