Water python

Water python
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pythonidae
Genus: Liasis
Species:
L. fuscus
Binomial name
Liasis fuscus
Peters, 1873
Synonyms
  • Liasis fuscus - Peters, 1873
  • Liasis cornwallisius - Günther, 1879
  • Nardoa crassa - Macleay, 1886
  • Liasis fuscus - Boulenger, 1893
  • Liasis fuscus fuscus - Stull, 1935
  • Bothrochilus fuscus - Cogger, Cameron & Cogger, 1983
  • Lisalia fuscus - Wells & Wellington, 1984
  • Lisalia fusca - Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Morelia fusca - Underwood & Stimson, 1990
  • Liasis fuscus - Cogger, 1992[1]

The water python (Liasis fuscus) is a python species found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2] Like all other pythons, it is not venomous.

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ "Liasis fuscus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 August 2008.