Liasis

Liasis
Liasis mackloti savuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pythonidae
Genus: Liasis
Gray, 1842
Synonyms
  • Liasis - Gray, 1840
  • Liasis - Gray, 1842
  • Simalia - Gray, 1849
  • Lisalia - Gray, 1849[1]

Liasis is a genus of non-venomous pythons found in Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia. Currently, 3 extant species are recognized[2] and one fossil species L. dubudingala [3]

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Geographic range

Found in the 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 Peters, 1873 0 Brown water python Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland), the Sir Charles Hardy Islands, Cornwallis Island in the Torres Strait and Papua New Guinea (lower Fly River region).
L. macklotiT A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 1 Macklot's python Indonesia in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Savu, Roti, Samao, Timor and Wetar.
L. olivaceus Gray, 1842 1 Olive python Australia in Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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).
  2. ^ a b c d "Liasis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209584. Retrieved 10 September 2007. 
  3. ^ http://australianmuseum.net.au/Liasis-dubudingala

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