Liasis Gray, 1842

Szyndlar, Zbigniew & Georgalis, Georgios L., 2023, An illustrated atlas of the vertebral morphology of extant non-caenophidian snakes, with special emphasis on the cloacal and caudal portions of the column, Vertebrate Zoology 73, pp. 717-886 : 717

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scientific name

Liasis Gray, 1842
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Liasis Gray, 1842

Material examined.

Liasis mackloti Duméril & Bibron, 1844 (UMMZ 190747; LSUMZ Herps 099023 [Morphosource.org: Media 000474530, ark:/87602/m4/474530]).

Description (Fig. 175).

Trunk vertebrae. The morphology is relatively similar to that of Simalia above.

Trunk / caudal transition. The morphology is relatively similar to that of Simalia above.

Number of vertebrae. Liasis mackloti (LSUMZ Herps 099023): 398 (305+5+88, including a final fusion).

Data from literature: Liasis fuscus Peters, 1873: 282 trunk and cloacal vertebrae plus ~76 caudal vertebrae ( Alexander and Gans 1966).

Kingdom

Animalia

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

InfraOrder

Alethinophidia

SuperFamily

Pythonoidea

Family

Pythonidae