Species Liasis olivaceus Gray, 1842
Olive Python
Generic Combinations
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; WA: Gascoyne (GAS)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, low open shrubland, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
General carnivore, constrictor, often saxicoline.
(no title)
Synonymous species located outside Australia.
Liasis tornieri Werner, F. (1897). Über einige noch unbeschriebene Reptilian und Batrachier. Zool. Anz. 20: 261-267 [261].
Type data: holotype NHMW 15078.
locality: Bogadjim, (as Stephansport), Papua New Guinea [05º25´S 145º45´E].
Taxonomic decision for synonymy: Cogger, H.G. (1983). in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. Amphibia and Reptiles. In Walton, D.W. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 1. Netley, South Australia : Griffin Press Ltd vi 313 pp. [204].
General References
Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [204] (subspecies not identified in Cogger et al. (1983: 204), in which Bothrochilus olivaceus was recognised as the valid name and Cogger listed as synonyms Liasis papuanus Peters & Doria; L. tornieri Werner; and L. olivaceus barroni Smith)
McDowell, S.B. 1975. A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with special reference to those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part II. Anilioidea and Pythoninae. Journal of Herpetology 9: 1-79 (taxonomy)
Smith, L.A. 1981. A revision of the Liasis olivaceus species-group (Serpentes: Boidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 9: 227-233 (taxonomy)
Worrell, E. 1951. Classification of Australian Boidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1949–50: 20-25 (taxonomy)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Olive Python)
History of changes
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |