Antaresia stimsoni campbelli 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 : 36

Antaresia stimsoni campbelli Hoser, 2000 [synonym of Antaresia stimsoni orientalis]

Holotype:

AM R69087.

Type locality:

Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia.

Remarks:

The holotype of this taxon is also the paratype of Antaresia stimsoni orientalis Smith, 1985. Hoser (2000) separated this taxon from "other subspecies" by distribution (APP1, APP2), and from "other Antaresia stimsoni " by color. Hoser (2000) cited without acknowledgment a statement made by Ehmann (1992) and quoted by Kend (1997: 148) and added to the statement, "the snout has a less box-like anterior when compared with other Antaresia stimsoni " ( Hoser 2000). However, since he considered Antaresia stimsoni a synonym of " Antaresia saxacola " (see comments on Antaresia stimsoni orientalis ) and Antaresia stimsoni stimsoni a separate subspecies, it is not clear what he means by Antaresia stimsoni . This taxon is placed in the synonymy of Antaresia stimsoni orientalis until further research has assessed its validity. Subsequent workers (e.g., Sonnemann 2007) have not recognized this taxon.