| Coastal carpet python Morelia spilota mcdowelli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pythonidae |
| Genus: | Morelia |
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| Subspecies: | M. s. mcdowelli
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| Trinomial name | |
| Morelia spilota mcdowelli Wells & Wellington, 1984
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Morelia spilota mcdowelli is a subspecies of Morelia spilota, commonly known as the carpet python, and is informally named the eastern, coastal, or McDowell's carpet python.[2][3] The original description and name were published by Wells and Wellington in 1984.[4] It occurs along the northeastern coast of Australia and in New Guinea.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ Morelia spilota at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 September 2007.
- ^ "Carpet pythons (Morelia spilotes sp.)". Care Sheet. Monaro Amphibian & Reptile Keepers (MARK). Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ "Morelia spilota mcdowelli". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 February 2008.