Oenpelli python

Oenpelli python
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pythonidae
Genus:	Nyctophilopython; Wells and Wellington, 1985
Species:	N. oenpelliensis
Binomial name
	Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis; (Gow, 1977)
Synonyms
	Python oenpelliensis ; Gow, 1977; Morelia oenpelliensis ; — H.G. Cogger, Cameron & ; H.M. Cogger, 1983; Australiasis oenpelliensis ; — Wells & Wellington, 1984; Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis ; — Wells & Wellington, 1985; M[orelia]. oenpelliensis ; — Kluge, 1993; Simalia oenpelliensis ; — Reynolds et al., 2014; Nawaran oenpelliensis — Esquerré et al. 2020;

The Oenpelli python or Oenpelli rock python (Simalia oenpelliensis or Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis) is a species of large snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is endemic to the sandstone massif area of the western Arnhem Land region in the Northern Territory of Australia. There are no subspecies that are recognised as being valid. It has been called the rarest python in the world. Two notable characteristics of the species are the unusually large size of its eggs and its ability to change colour.

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