Morelia (genus)

Sanca pohon Oseania
	Sanca karpet, Morelia spilota
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Kerajaan:	Animalia
Filum:	Chordata
Subfilum:	Vertebrata
Kelas:	Reptilia
Ordo:	Squamata
Subordo:	Serpentes
Famili:	Pythonidae
Genus:	Morelia; J. E. Gray, 1842
Sinonim
	Morelia Gray, 1842; Simalia Gray, 1849; Chondropython Meyer, 1874; Aspidopython Meyer, 1874; Hypaspistes Ogilby, 1919; Australiasis Wells & Wellington, 1984; Nyctophylopython Wells & Wellington, 1984;

Morelia adalah genus sanca, suku Pythonidae. Ular ini tersebar di wilayah Australia dan sekitarnya. Terdapat 4 spesies.^[2] Semua jenis ular ini hidup dan tinggal di atas pohon. Biasanya tumbuh sampai 3 meter.^[1]

Agihan

Tersebar di Maluku (termasuk Kepulauan Tanimbar dan Kepulauan Aru), Papua, dan Australia.^[1]^[3]

Jenis-jenis

Morelia bredli (Gow, 1981)
Morelia carinata (Smith, 1981)
Morelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804) - Sanca karpet
Morelia viridis (Schlegel, 1872) - Sanca hijau

Referensi

^ ^a ^b ^c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ "Morelia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Diakses tanggal 10 September 2007.
^ http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209585

Informasi lainnya

Morelia @ The Reptile Database

[McD99-1] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

[ITIS-2] "Morelia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Diakses tanggal 10 September 2007.

[3] ttp://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209585

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Sanca pohon Oseania

Sanca karpet, Morelia spilota
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Kerajaan:	Animalia
Filum:	Chordata
Subfilum:	Vertebrata
Kelas:	Reptilia
Ordo:	Squamata
Subordo:	Serpentes
Famili:	Pythonidae
Genus:	Morelia J. E. Gray, 1842
Sinonim
Morelia Gray, 1842 Simalia Gray, 1849 Chondropython Meyer, 1874 Aspidopython Meyer, 1874 Hypaspistes Ogilby, 1919 Australiasis Wells & Wellington, 1984 Nyctophylopython Wells & Wellington, 1984^[1]