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

Aspidites melanocephalus davieii Hoser, 2000 [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 .