Overview
Distribution
Distribution: Indonesia (Savu = Sawoe, Samoa, Alor, Roti, Semau = Samao, Timor, Wetar, Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, coastal N Australia
Type locality: Timor
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Bluff Downs giant python
The Bluff Downs giant python (Liasis sp.) is an extinct genus of snake from Queensland, Australia, that lived during the Pliocene.
The Bluff Downs giant python hunted mammals, birds and reptiles in the woodlands and vine thickets bordering Australian watercourses during Pliocene times. Its nearest living relative is the olive python (Liasis olivacea).
Size [edit]
The Bluff Downs giant python is estimated to have grown to 10m, making it at least a metre longer than the world's two longest snakes - the anaconda of South America and the reticulated python of Asia.
Fossils [edit]
Fossilised backbones, teeth and rib fragments of the Bluff Downs python were found in 1992 at Bluff Downs in northeastern Queensland.
Sources [edit]
- Morphology G: Visceral Organs (Biology of the Reptilia, Vol.19) (Biology of the Reptilia, Vol.19) by Carl Gans
- http://www.lostkingdoms.com/facts/factsheet44.htm
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Liasis
Liasis is a genus of nonvenomous 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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Geographic range
They are found in the 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 | 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]
See also
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
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