Liasis
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| Liasis | |
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| Liasis mackloti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pythonidae |
| Subfamily: | Pythoninae |
| Genus: | Liasis Gray, 1842 |
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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
[edit | edit source]Liasis species are found in Indonesia in the Lesser Sunda Islands, east through New Guinea and in northern and western Australia.[1]
Species
[edit | edit source]| Species[2] | Taxon author[2] | Subsp.*[2] | Common name | Geographic range[1] |
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| 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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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (series). Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (volume).
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External links
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- Liasis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2007.
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