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,^[2] and one giant fossil species L. dubudingala is estimated to have been around 10 m (33 ft) in length.^[3]

Liasis
Liasis mackloti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pythonidae
Subfamily:	Pythoninae
Genus:	Liasis Gray, 1842
Species
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Synonyms
Liasis Gray, 1840 Liasis Gray, 1842 Simalia Gray, 1849 Lisalia Gray, 1849[1]

Geographic range

Liasis species are found in 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]
L. fuscus	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	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]