Morelia azurea

Morelia azurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pythonidae
Genus:	Morelia
Species:	M. azurea
Binomial name
	Morelia azurea; (Meyer, 1874)

Morelia azurea is a species of snake. Commonly known as green pythons, these arboreal pythons were previously included in the Morelia viridis complex.^[1]

According to recent research "Strong genetic structuring of green python populations and species delimitation methods confirm the presence of two species, broadly occurring north and south of New Guinea’s central mountains. Our data also support three subspecies within the northern species." namely Morelia azurea azurea (MEYER 1874), Morelia azurea pulcher (SAUVAGE 1878) and Morelia azurea utaraensis (NATUSCH et al. 2019).^[2]

References[]

^ Barker, Barker, Davis, & Schuett (August 18, 2015). "A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175 (1): 4. doi:10.1111/zoj.12267.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Natusch, Daniel J.D.; Esquerré, Damien; Lyons, Jessica A.; Hamidy, Amir; Lemmon, Alan R.; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Riyanto, Awal; Keogh, J. Scott; Donnellan, Stephen (2020). "Species delimitation and systematics of the green pythons (Morelia viridis complex) of melanesia and Australia". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 142: 106640. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106640. PMID 31605811.

[1] Barker, Barker, Davis, & Schuett (August 18, 2015). "A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175 (1): 4. doi:10.1111/zoj.12267.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Natusch, Daniel J.D.; Esquerré, Damien; Lyons, Jessica A.; Hamidy, Amir; Lemmon, Alan R.; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Riyanto, Awal; Keogh, J. Scott; Donnellan, Stephen (2020). "Species delimitation and systematics of the green pythons (Morelia viridis complex) of melanesia and Australia". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 142: 106640. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106640. PMID 31605811.

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