The Reptile Datatbase
Morelia boeleni BRONGERSMA, 1953 
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| Higher Taxa | Boidae (Pythoninae), Henophidia, Serpentes (snakes) |
| Genus | Morelia |
| Species epithet | boeleni |
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| Author | BRONGERSMA |
| Year | 1953 |
| Common Name | E: Boelen’s python G: Boelens Python |
| Synonym | Liasis boeleni BRONGERSMA 1953 Liasis taronga WORRELL 1958 Liasis boeleni — STIMSON 1969 Liasis taronga — STIMSON 1969 Morelia boeleni — KLUGE 1993 Morelia boeleni — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 172 Lenhoserus boeleni — HOSER 2001 Morelia boeleni — FRANZ 2003 Morelia boeleni — MATTISON 2007: 210 |
| Location | NC New Guinea Terra typica: Dimija (3°56’S, 136°18’E), Wissel Lakes, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, elevation about 1750 m. |
| Holotype | Holotype: RMNH 9651 |
| Comment | Hoser erected the questionable genus Lenhoserus, names after his father, Len Hoser, which “can be definitively separated from all other pythons by genetic sequencing”. Unfortunately Hoser didn’t provide any sequence data. |
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