Slit-eye. Broghammerus reticulatus or Malayopython reticulata, Netted Python, Amsterdam Zoo ARTIS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Broghammerus reticulatus or Malayopython reticulata, Netted Python, once had a nice, short name. Back in 1801 it was first described under the name Boa, then later it was called a bit longer: Python. And in the first decade of our own century a dispute arose on whether to call it by the long Broghammerus reticulatus or Malayopython reticulata. The ARTIS zoo clearly chose the former name, after German reptile lover and expert on pythons, Stefan Broghammer. The 'reticulatus' is for its 'net-shaped' markings.
Slit-eye. Broghammerus reticulatus or Malayopython reticulata, Netted Python, Amsterdam Zoo ARTIS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Broghammerus reticulatus or Malayopython reticulata, Netted Python, once had a nice, short name. Back in 1801 it was first described under the name Boa, then later it was called a bit longer: Python. And in the first decade of our own century a dispute arose on whether to call it by the long Broghammerus reticulatus or Malayopython reticulata. The ARTIS zoo clearly chose the former name, after German reptile lover and expert on pythons, Stefan Broghammer. The 'reticulatus' is for its 'net-shaped' markings.