Editing Liasis (section)

{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Liasis mackloti savuensis 2.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Liasis savuensis|Liasis mackloti]]''
| taxon = Liasis
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1842
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms =
* ''Liasis'' <small>Gray, 1840</small>
* ''Liasis'' <small>Gray, 1842</small>
* ''Simalia'' <small>Gray, 1849</small>
* ''Lisalia'' <small>Gray, 1849</small><ref name="McD99">[[species:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell JA]], [[species:T'Shaka A. Touré|Touré TA]] (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).</ref>
}}

'''''Liasis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[snakes]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Pythonidae]]. [[Species]] of the genus ''Liasis'' are native to [[Indonesia]], [[New Guinea]] and [[Australia]]. Currently, three [[Extant taxon|extant]] [[species]] are recognized,<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=209584 |taxon=''Liasis'' |access-date=10 September 2007}}</ref> and one giant fossil species [[Bluff Downs giant python|''L. dubudingala'']] is estimated to have been around 10&nbsp;m (33&nbsp;ft) in length.<ref>{{Cite journal |doi=10.1080/03115510108619232 |title=A new giant python from the Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna of northeastern Queensland |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=425 |year=2001 |last1=Scanlon |first1=J.D. |author1-link=species:John David Scanlon |last2=Mackness |first2=B.S. |author2-link=species:Brian Mackness |s2cid=85185368}}</ref>