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, and one giant fossil species L. dubudingala is estimated to have been around 10 m (33 ft) in length.
Geographic range Liasis species are found in Indonesia in the Lesser Sunda Islands, east through New Guinea and in northern and western Australia.
Species SpeciesTaxon authorSubsp.*Common nameGeographic rangeL. fuscusW. Peters, 18730water pythonAustralia (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. macklotiTA.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 18442Macklot's pythonIndonesia in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Roti, Samao, Timor, Wetar and SavuL. olivaceusGray, 18421olive pythonAustralia in Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland )*Not including the nominate subspecies )TType species Extinct species SpeciesTaxon authorSubsp.*Common nameGeographic rangeL.dubudingalaScanlon and Mackness, 20020Bluff Downs giant pythonAustralia (Northern Queensland)
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