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Species profile—Liasis fuscus (water python)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Boidae (pythons) → Liasis fuscus (water python)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Reptilia (reptiles)
Family
Boidae (pythons)
Scientific name
Liasis fuscus Peters, 1873
Common name
water python
Type reference
Peters, W. (1873). Uber eine neue Schildkr¿tenart, Cinosternon effeldtii und einige andere neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1873: 603-618 [607].
WildNet taxon ID
530
Synonym(s)
Liasis mackloti
Liasis mackloti fuscus
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=530

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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