Hi,

well I had a quick look at the EMBL database (www.reptile-database.org)were right when recalling that it was Kluge (1993) who had placed this python in the genus Morelia. The reasoning why Kluge did so can be found in Kluge's proposal.

Cheers,
Wulf

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Python viridis SCHLEGEL 1872: 54
Chondropython azureus MEYER 1874: 134
Chondropython pulcher SAUVAGE 1878: 37
Chondropython viridis - BOULENGER 1893: 90
Chondropython viridis - DE ROOIJ 1917: 29
Chondropython viridis - STIMSON 1969
Morelia viridis - KLUGE 1993
Morelia viridis - MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURƒ 1999: 175
Chondropython viridis - COGGER 2000: 603
Morelia viridis - KIVIT & WISEMAN 2000
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