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- Common names: (none).
Liasis is a genus of non-venomous pythons found in Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia. Currently, 3 species are recognized.[2]
[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] |
Authority[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 (typical form).
T) Type species.[1]
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