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Liasis

Reptilia - Pythonidae

Taxonomy
Liasis was named by Gray (1842). It is extant.

It was assigned to Boidae by Gray (1842); and to Pythoninae by Kluge (1993) and Scanlon and Mackness (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Liasis Gray p. 44
1993Liasis Kluge p. 51
2002Liasis Scanlon and Mackness p. 427

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
Henophidia
familyPythonidae(Fitzinger 1826)
genusLiasis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Liasis Gray 1842
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Liasis dubudingala Scanlon and Mackness 2002
Liasis olivacea Gray 1842 [olive python]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: SVLsubf
Adult length: 1000 to < 10^4subf
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparoussubf
Created: 2005-09-09 18:05:37
Modified: 2005-09-09 20:05:37
Source: subf = subfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Greene 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) L. dubudingala (143209 154606 154607) L. sp. (51266)