Liasis

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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,<ref name="ITIS">{{#if:209584 | {{#invoke:template wrapper|wrap|_template=cite web|_exclude=id,ID,taxon

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Geographic rangeEdit

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

SpeciesEdit

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L. fuscus

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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

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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

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Gray, 1842 1 olive python Australia in Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland

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