Liasis
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Liasis is a genus of snakes in the family Pythonidae. Species of the genus Liasis are native to Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia. Currently, three extant species are recognized,[2] and one giant fossil species L. dubudingala is estimated to have been around 10 m (33 ft) in length.[3]
Geographic range
Liasis species are found in Indonesia in the Lesser Sunda Islands, east through New Guinea and in northern and western Australia.[1]
Species
| Species[2] | Taxon author[2] | Subsp.*[2] | Common name | Geographic range[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. fuscus | W. Peters, 1873 | 0 | water python | Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland), the Sir Charles Hardy Islands, Cornwallis Island in the Torres Strait, Papua New Guinea (lower Fly River region) and Indonesia (southern Papua) |
| L. macklotiT | A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 | 2 | Macklot's python | Indonesia in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Roti, Samao, Timor, Wetar and Savu |
| L. olivaceus | Gray, 1842 | 1 | olive python | Australia in Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland |
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Extinct species
| Species[3] | Taxon author[3] | Subsp.*[3] | Common name[3] | Geographic range[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.dubudingala | Scanlon and Mackness, 2002 | 0 | Bluff Downs giant python | Australia (Northern Queensland) |
References
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- ^ a b c d McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. Template:ISBN (series). Template:ISBN (volume).
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- ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Scanlon, J.D.; Mackness, B.S. (2001). "A new giant python from the Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna of northeastern Queensland". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 25 (4): 425. doi:10.1080/03115510108619232. S2CID 85185368.
External links
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- Liasis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2007.
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