Liasis | |
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Liasis mackloti | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pythonidae |
Subfamily: | Pythoninae |
Genus: |
Liasis Gray, 1842 |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
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Liasis is a genus of pythons found in Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia. Currently, three extant species are recognized [2] and one giant fossil species L. dubudingala, estimated to have been around 10 m (33 ft) in length. [3]
They are found in the Indonesia in the Lesser Sunda Islands, east through New Guinea and in northern and western Australia. [1]
Species [2] | Taxon author [2] | Subsp.* [2] | Common name | Geographic range [1] |
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L. fuscus | 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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Type species
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