Editing Liasis

{{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>

==Geographic range==
''Liasis'' species are found in [[Indonesia]] in the [[Lesser Sunda Islands]], east through [[New Guinea]] and in northern and western [[Australia]].<ref name="McD99"/>

==Species==
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!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Taxon author<ref name="ITIS"/>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Subsp.*<ref name="ITIS"/>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range<ref name="McD99"/>
|-
|''[[Liasis fuscus|L. fuscus]]''
[[File:A beautiful Face Australia Zoo-6 (9129044931).jpg|150px]]
|[[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1873
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|water python
|style="width:40%"|[[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 (province)|Papua]])
|-
|''[[Liasis mackloti|L. mackloti]]''<span style="font-size:100%;"><sup>T</sup></span>
[[File:Liasis mackloti 2.jpg|150px]]
|[[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]] & [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]], 1844
|align="center"|2
|Macklot's python
|[[Indonesia]] in the [[Lesser Sunda Islands]] of [[Rote Island|Roti]], Samao, [[Timor]], [[Wetar]] and [[Savu]]
|-
|''[[Liasis olivaceus|L. olivaceus]]''
[[File:Liasis olivaceous (Gracie).jpg|150px]]
|[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1842
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|olive python
|Australia in [[Western Australia]], [[Northern Territory]] and [[Queensland]]
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)*Not including the [[nominotypical subspecies|nominate subspecies]]<br/>
)<span style="font-size:100%;"><sup>T</sup></span>[[Type species]]<ref name="McD99"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikispecies}}
{{Commons}}
* {{NRDB genus|genus=Liasis|date=10 September|year=2007}}

{{Pythonidae}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q1914611}}

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[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]


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