Morelia boeleni (Brongersma, 1953)

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 : 45

Morelia boeleni (Brongersma, 1953)

Synonyms:

Lenhoserus boeleni (Brongersma) - Hoser 2000

Morelia boeleni (Brongersma) - Henderson and Powell 2007; Flagle and Stoops 2009

Remarks:

Austin et al. (2009) found little genetic divergence within specimens across the species’ range. A single specimen out of 98 examined using the cytochrome b gene, from the eastern Morobe Province, PNG showed about 1.1% genetic divergence from specimens from West Papua. This demonstrates reduced genetic diversity within this taxon.