
28-08-2007, 10:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fangio
Python sebae is the African Rock Python. Python natalensis is the lesser African rock python.
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" D. G. Broadley [1999, African Herp News 29:31-32] notes that the last review of geographic variation in Python sebae, 15 years ago, revived P. natalensis, but only as a subspecies of P. sebae, based on a single specimen that seemed to be an intergrade or hybrid. Some python heads recently received from Tanzania confirm an extensive overlap of distributions of the two forms by about 900 km, with no further evidence of hybridization. Therefore, Broadley has decided to treat P. natalensis as a valid species. With regard to the English names for these two large pythons, Broadley is unhappy with the use of "African rock python," as these snakes show no particular association with rocky habitats. He proposes the use of "northern African python" for P. sebae and "southern African python" for P. natalensis."
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