Broghammerus reticulatus patrickcouperi Hoser, 2004

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 : 40

Broghammerus reticulatus patrickcouperi Hoser, 2004 [synonym of Broghammerus reticulatus reticulatus]

Holotype:

MCZ R-25266.

Type locality:

“Djamplong”, South Timor, Indonesia. The MCZ online collection database provides the following information on the locality: "Djamplong, S Timor Indoaustralia, Indonesia, Timor Timur?, Nusa Tenggara".

Remarks:

Hoser (2004) separated this subspecies from the nominate subspecies, referred to as "typical reticulatus", by color, stating that this taxon is "usually a brightly coloured subspecies" ( Hoser 2004). However, the author clearly stated that several color variants are know within the nominate form as well. Hoser did not provide other characters that would indicate whether the specimen is assignable to this taxon or the nominate form. The name is assigned to the synonymy of Broghammerus reticulatus reticulatus.