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Leiopython

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Leiopython is a genus of nonvenomous pythonid snakes, which currently comprises six species. [1]

49 relations: Ambrosius Hubrecht, Antaresia, Apodora, Aspidites, Biak, Bothrochilus, Bothrochilus huonensis, Bothrochilus meridionalis, Bothrochilus montanus, Chimbu Province, D'Albertis' python, Emirau Island, Genus, George Albert Boulenger, Huon Peninsula, Indonesia, Jonathan A. Campbell, Labial scale, Leiopython biakensis, Leiopython fredparkeri, Liasis, List of pythonid species and subspecies, Mark O'Shea (herpetologist), Milne Bay Province, Monotypic taxon, Morelia (snake), Morobe Province, Mussau Island, New Guinea, Nomen nudum, Normanby Island (Papua New Guinea), Ocular scales, Oviparity, Papua (province), Papua New Guinea, Python (genus), Pythonidae, Raymond Hoser, Reticulated python, Salawati, Simalia, Snake, Species, Specific name (zoology), Taxon, Torres Strait, Type (biology), Venom, Wolfgang Wüster.

Ambrosius Hubrecht

Ambrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht (2 March 1853, Rotterdam – 21 March 1915, Utrecht) was a Dutch zoologist.

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Antaresia

Antaresia is a genus of pythons, nonvenomous snakes found in Australia.

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Apodora

Apodora is a monotypic genus created for the non-venomous python species, A. papuana, commonly known as the Irian python or Papuan python.

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Aspidites

Aspidites is a genus of pythons endemic to Australia.

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Biak

Biak is a small island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea.

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Bothrochilus

Bothrochilus is a monotypic genus containing the nonvenomous python species, B. boa, commonly known as the Bismarck ringed python,Mehrtens JM.

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Bothrochilus huonensis

Bothrochilus huonensis, commonly known as the Huon whitelip python, is a species of snake of the family Pythonidae.

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Bothrochilus meridionalis

Bothrochilus meridionalis, commonly known as the southern whitelip python, is a species of snake of the family Pythonidae.

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Bothrochilus montanus

Bothrochilus montanus, commonly known as the Biak whitelip python, is a species of snakes of the family Pythonidae.

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Chimbu Province

Chimbu, occasionally spelled Simbu, is a province in the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea.

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D'Albertis' python

Leiopython albertisii, commonly known as D'Albertis' Python, D'Albert's water python, the white-lipped python, or the northern white-lipped python, is a species of python in the family Pythonidae.

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Emirau Island

Emirau Island, also called Emira, is an island in the Bismarck Archipelago located at.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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George Albert Boulenger

George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

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Huon Peninsula

Huon Peninsula is a large rugged peninsula on the island of New Guinea in Morobe Province, eastern Papua New Guinea.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Jonathan A. Campbell

Jonathan Atwood Campbell (born 13 May 1947) is an American herpetologist.

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Labial scale

The labial scales are the scales of snakes and other scaled reptiles that border the mouth opening.

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Leiopython biakensis

Bothrochilus biakensis, commonly known as the Biak whitelip python, is a species of snakes of the family Pythonidae.

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Leiopython fredparkeri

Leiopython fredparkeri, commonly known as the Karimui Basin whitelip python, is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae.

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Liasis

Liasis is a genus of nonvenomous pythons found in Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia.

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List of pythonid species and subspecies

This is a list of all genera, species, and subspecies of the family Pythonidae, otherwise referred to as pythonids or pythons.

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Mark O'Shea (herpetologist)

Mark O'Shea (born 9 May 1956) is an English herpetologist, photographer, author, lecturer, and television personality.

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Milne Bay Province

Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea.

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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Morelia (snake)

Morelia is a genus of large snakes in the family Pythonidae found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and throughout Australia.

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Morobe Province

Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea.

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Mussau Island

Mussau Island is the largest island of St. Matthias Islands, Papua New Guinea, at.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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Nomen nudum

The phrase nomen nudum (plural nomina nuda) is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy (especially in zoological and botanical nomenclature).

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Normanby Island (Papua New Guinea)

Normanby Island is a volcanic, L-shaped island, the southern most island in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands group.

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Ocular scales

In scaled reptiles, the ocular scales are those forming the margin of the eye.

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Oviparity

Oviparous animals are animals that lay eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother.

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Papua (province)

Papua is the largest and easternmost province of Indonesia, comprising most of Western New Guinea.

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (PNG;,; Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.

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Python (genus)

Python, from the Greek word (πύθων/πύθωνας), is a genus of nonvenomous Pythonidae found in Africa and Asia.

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Pythonidae

The Pythonidae, commonly known simply as pythons, from the Greek word python (πυθων), are a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia.

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Raymond Hoser

Raymond Terrence Hoser (born 1962), who describes himself as a herpetologist, is an Australian snake-catcher, author and laughing stock of the Australian reptile community.

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Reticulated python

The reticulated python (Python reticulatus) is a species of python found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Salawati

Salawati is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Indonesia.

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Simalia

Simalia is a genus of snakes in the family Pythonidae.

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Snake

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet or species epithet) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Taxon

In biology, a taxon (plural taxa; back-formation from taxonomy) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.

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Torres Strait

The Torres Strait is a strait which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.

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Type (biology)

In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached.

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Venom

Venomous Animals Venom is a form of toxin secreted by an animal for the purpose of causing harm to another.

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Wolfgang Wüster

Wolfgang Wüster is a herpetologist and senior lecturer in zoology at Bangor University, UK.

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Bothrochilus albertisii, Brown white-lipped python, D'Albert's water python, Leiopython albertisi, Leiopython gracilis, Liasis albertisi, Liasis albertisii, Liasis fuscus albertisi, Liasis fuscus albertisii, Lisalia albertisi, Morelia albertisii, Northern white-lipped python, Southern white-lipped python.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiopython

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