Genus of snakes
| Liasis | |
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| Liasis mackloti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 pythons found in Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia. Currently, three extant species are recognized. And one giant fossil species L. dubudingala, estimated——to have been around 10 m (33 ft) in length.
Geographic range※
They are found in the: Indonesia in the——Lesser Sunda Islands, east through New Guinea and in northern and western Australia.
Species※
| Species | Taxon author | Subsp.* | Common name | Geographic range |
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| L. fuscus
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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. mackloti
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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
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Gray, 1842 | 1 | Olive python | Australia in Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland |
)*Not including the nominate subspecies
)Type species
References※
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Liasis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
- ^ 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※
- Liasis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2007.
