Aspidites melanocephalus davieii Hoser, 2000

Schleip, Wulf D. & O'Shea, Mark, 2010, Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, ZooKeys 66, pp. 29-80 : 37

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.66.683
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E541CF2-EA67-867F-9A9D-E5347FCD8A33
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scientific name	Aspidites melanocephalus davieii Hoser, 2000
status	[junior synonym of Aspidites melanocephalus adelynensis and of Aspidites melanocephalus]

Treatment

Aspidites melanocephalus davieii Hoser, 2000 View in CoL [junior synonym of Aspidites melanocephalus adelynensis and of Aspidites melanocephalus]

Holotype:

WAM R46170.

Type locality:

Tom Price, Western Australia.

Remarks:

Contrary to Aplin (2002: 56), we do not consider this name a nomen nudum because Hoser (2000) provided characters that purport to differentiate it from the nominate form. However, based on Hoser’s (2000) description, this taxon is indistinguishable from Aspidites melanocephalus adelynensis (see comments above). The name is therefore considered a subjective junior synonym of Aspidites melanocephalus adelynensis and is placed into the synonymy of Aspidites melanocephalus .