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Simalia

Simalia
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.


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