Talk:Morelia (snake)

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Species described by Raymond Hoser may not be "valid", many species he describes are almost always rejected by the scientific community as a whole. [1] I am not a taxonomist, but I feel its only fair to let people know. Natter 08:15, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Dead rabbit image

Does this seem a bit much? Lawrence Cohen 20:54, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree that it's not the most tasteful image, but in some ways it's a better one of this (sub)species than the image in the taxobox in the Morelia spilota article. Unfortunately, they may be the only two that we have. By the way, the rabbit looks to be frozen-thawed, so I don't think the snake killed it. --Jwinius (talk) 13:02, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I guess in hindsight it's not totally horrible. Bit of a shock, though. Lawrence Cohen 22:19, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

valid?

Is this species Morelia riversleighensis (Smith and Plane, 1985) name valid? I can only find some scant references to it. A synonym is given in some of these refs, Montypythonoides riversleighensis, and I confess that this is why I am asking. Ni! cygnis insignis 17:51, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Neither of these names are mentioned in my checklist, but a quick search of the 'net seems to indicate that they are associated with a Miocene era fossil. In other words, even if they're valid they doesn't belong in this series of articles. --Jwinius (talk) 18:11, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

i want to know major types of Snake Poison

Hello actually i want to know that major types of snake poison. I herad that poison of snake can affect the human body in two ways: 1) through flaoting or mixing in human blood. 2) through blocking human nervous system.

Close. Most viperid venoms are hemotoxic, meaning that they cause blood disorders (with victims often bleeding excessively) and/or proteolytic, meaning that it destroys tissue (causing necrosis). On the other hand, elapid venoms are usually neurotoxic, acting on the nervous system to prevent it from functioning properly (with victims suffering paralysis and eventually suffocation). There are other types too, as well as many variations and combinations. Part of the reason snake venoms are so dangerous is because of their complexity. --Jwinius (talk) 11:09, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Mirror format of Python (genus)

I'm considering rewriting this page and possibly others to match the format of the page Python (genus) since that looks much more organized and professional. Along side that, I want to update the info of species in this genus to match more modern reclassification including the splitting of M. amethistina into 5 different species. Just a heads up and opinions welcomed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parks1997 (talk • contribs) 09:25, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Outdated taxonomy?

I don't want to start editing things which I don't know about enough. But to my understanding the Amethystine and the Oenpelli Python were moved to the genus Simalia years ago and are mentioned on those genera pages. Also I'm not quite sure about the Amethystine Python species group. I think someone should tidy up those pages. 2003:E8:7F18:AD44:8DC8:AD07:642:D957 (talk) 22:02, 24 October 2020 (UTC)