Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 278-279

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968321
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FE8F-B960-FF6B-40EE7AF20EFE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820
status

Treatment

Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820 — Erroneous.

Burmese Python

Singapore records.

No published records.

Remarks. Python bivittatus distribution covers northeastern India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Bali, Java, Nusa Barung, Sulawesi, Sumbawa in Indonesia (Wallach et al. 2014). As such, specimen NMW-15571 donated by Steindachner around 1874, which has the locality Singapore, was most likely traded or shipped through Singapore.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): NMW.