Liasis
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| Liasis mackloti savuensis | |
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| 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 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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[edit] Geographic range
Found in the Indonesia in the Lesser Sunda Islands, east through New Guinea and in northern and western Australia.[1]
[edit] 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]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://australianmuseum.net.au/Liasis-dubudingala
[edit] External links
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- Liasis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2007.
