Python natalensis A Smith, 1840

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 : 52

Python natalensis A Smith, 1840

Synonyms:

Python natalensis A Smith - Broadley 1999

Helionomus natalensis (A Smith) - Hoser 2004 (nomen nudum, also see remarks on Python )

Python natalensis A Smith - Henderson and Powell 2007

Distribution:

Notes on the distribution of this species can be found in Alexander (2007).

Remarks:

McDiarmid et al. (1999) refer to A. Smith 1833. According to Branch and Bauer (2005), the name " Python Natalensis " already appeared in A. Smith (1833) as well as in A. Smith (1838) but without a description. The name appeared again in A. Smith (1840), but this time was accompanied by a plate. Gray (1842) also cites A. Smith (1840) as do Branch and Bauer (2005). Elevated to specific rank by Broadley (1999).