Liasis
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Liasis mackloti savuensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pythonidae |
Genus: | Liasis Gray, 1842 |
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Liasis is a genus of nonvenomous pythons found in Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia. Currently, 3 extant species are recognized[2] and one fossil species L. dubudingala [3]
Geographic range
They are 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] |
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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
- List of pythonid species and subspecies
- Pythonidae by common name
- Pythonidae by taxonomic synonyms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Liasis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
- ↑ http://australianmuseum.net.au/Liasis-dubudingala
External links
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- Liasis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2007.
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