Editing Reticulated python (section)

===Subspecies===
Three [[subspecies]] have been proposed:
* ''M. r. reticulatus'' <small>([[Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider|Schneider]], 1801)</small> – Asian reticulated python
* ''M. r. jampeanus'' <small>[[species:Mark Auliya|Auliya]] et al., 2002</small> – Kayaudi reticulated python or Tanahjampean reticulated python, about half the length,<ref name="Mat99">{{cite book |last1=Mattison |first1=C. |author-link=species:Chris Mattison |year=1999 |title=Snake |location=London |publisher=Dorling Kindersley Publishing |isbn=978-0-7894-4660-2}}</ref> or according to Auliya et al. (2002), not reaching much more than {{Convert|2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} in length.<ref name="Aul02"/> Found on Tanahjampea in the [[Selayar Islands|Selayar Archipelago]] south of [[Sulawesi]]. Closely related to ''M. r. reticulatus'' of the [[Lesser Sundas]].<ref name="Aul02"/>
* ''M. r. saputrai'' <small>Auliya et al., 2002</small> – Selayer reticulated python, occurs on [[Selayar Island]] in the Selayar Archipelago and also in adjacent Sulawesi. This subspecies represents a [[Sister group|sister lineage]] to all other populations of reticulated pythons tested.<ref name="Aul02"/> According to Auliya et al. (2002) it does not exceed {{Convert|4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} in length.<ref name="Aul02"/>

The latter two are [[Insular dwarfism|dwarf]] subspecies. Apparently, the population of the [[Sangihe Islands]] north of Sulawesi represents another such subspecies, which is [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] to the ''P. r. reticulatus'' plus ''P. r. jampeanus'' [[clade]], but it is not yet formally described.<ref name="Aul02"/>

The proposed subspecies ''M. r. "dalegibbonsi"'', ''M. r. "euanedwardsi"'', ''M. r. "haydnmacphiei"'', ''M. r. "neilsonnemani"'', ''M. r. "patrickcouperi"'', and ''M. r. "stuartbigmorei"''<ref name="Hos03">{{cite journal |last=Hoser |first=R. |year=2003 |title=A Reclassification of the Pythoninae Including the Descriptions of Two New Genera, Two New Species, and Nine New Subspecies. Part I |journal=Crocodilian - Journal of the Victorian Association of Amateur Herpetologists|url=http://www.smuggled.com/pytrev2.htm |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=31–37}}</ref><ref name="Hos04"/> have not found general acceptance.