Simalia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pythonidae |
Genus: |
Simalia Gray, 1849 |
Simalia is a genus of snakes in the family Pythonidae.
Simalia Gray, 1849, was a taxonomic synonym of
but Reynolds et al. (2014) resurrected the genus for the Morelia amethistina species group (which, together with Morelia viridis made genus Morelia paraphyletic).
The genus Simalia contains the following species:
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Simalia.