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Liasis

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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] L. fuscus

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

)*Not including the nominate subspecies
)^TType species^[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).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.

Liasis: Brief Summary

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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.