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{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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{{About-distinguish-text|the amethystine python, ''Simalia amethistina''|the [[Australian scrub python]]}} {{Other uses|Scrub python (disambiguation){{!}}Scrub python}}
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| image = High-Yellow Sorong Amethystine Scrub Python.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn|
| genus = Simalia
| species = amethistina
| authority = ([[Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider|Schneider]], 1801)
| range_map =
| range_map_caption = Range shown as dark orange and bright orange regions
| synonyms = *[''Boa''] ''Amethistina'' <br />{{small|Schneider, 1801}}
*''Python amethystinus'' <br />{{small|— [[François Marie Daudin|Daudin]], 1803}}
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The '''amethystine python''' ('''''[[Simalia]] amethistina''''', formerly known as '''''Morelia amethistina'''''), also known as the '''scrub python''' or '''''sanca permata'''''
==Taxonomy==
Formerly, five [[subspecies]] of ''Morelia amethistina'', including the nominate race, ''M. a. amethystina'', were generally recognized. The [[Moluccan Islands
According to McDiarmid ''et al.'' (1999), all cases in which the [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] was spelled with a ''y'' follow Daudin's (1803) ''Python amethystinus'' and are therefore unjustified emendations.<ref name="McD99"/> The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''amethistina'', is an allusion to the milky iridescent sheen on its scales, which gives it an [[amethyst]]-like
==Description==
Specimens of ''S. amethistina'' have reportedly been measured at more than {{
The smooth [[dorsal scales]] are arranged in 39–53 rows at midbody. There are deep, heat-sensing pits on six or seven of the posterior lower labials.<ref>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1893). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (''Python amethystinus'', pp. 83–84).</ref>
==Distribution and habitat==
The
''S. amethistina'' occurs in both [[bushland]] and [[suburb]]ia. In Indonesia
==Feeding==
The diet of the amethystine python generally consists of [[bird]]s, [[bat]]s, [[rat]]s, [[Phalangeriformes|possums]], and other small mammals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amethystine Python |url=https://www.reptilerange.com/amethystine-python/ |website=Reptile Range |access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref> Larger
==References==
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