Liasis

Liasis is a genus of snakes in the family Pythonidae. Species of the genus Liasis are native to Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia. Currently, three extant species are recognized, and one giant fossil species L. dubudingala is estimated to have been around 10 m (33 ft) in length.

Geographic range

Liasis species are found in Indonesia in the Lesser Sunda Islands, east through New Guinea and in northern and western Australia.

Species

Species	Taxon author	Subsp.*	Common name	Geographic range
L. fuscus File:A beautiful Face Australia Zoo-6 (9129044931).jpg	W. 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 File:Liasis mackloti 2.jpg	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 File:Liasis olivaceous (Gracie).jpg	Gray, 1842	1	olive python	Australia in Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland

)*Not including the nominate subspecies
)^TType species

External links

• Liasis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2007.

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