Leiopython

Leiopython albertisii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Henophidia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Henophidia

Familia: Pythonidae
Genus: Leiopython
Species (2): L. albertisii – L. fredparkeri

Name

Leiopython Hubrecht, 1879: 14

• Type species: Leiopython gracilis Hubrecht, 1879, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Hubrecht, A.A.W. 1879. Notes III. On a new genus and species of Pythonidae from Salawatti. Notes from the Leyden Museum 1: 14–15. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kluge, A.G. 1993 Aspidites and the phylogeny of the pythonine snakes. Records of the Australian Museum, supplement, (19):1-77. DOI: 10.3853/j.0812-7387.19.1993.52 Reference page. 
• Schleip, W.D. 2008. Revision of the genus Leiopython Hubrecht 1879 (Serpentes: Pythonidae) with the redescription of taxa recently described by Hoser (2000) and the description of new species. Journal of herpetology 42(4): 645–667. DOI: 10.1670/06-182R5.1 Reference page. 
• Schleip, W.D. & O’Shea, M. 2010. Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution. ZooKeys 66: 29–79. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.66.683 Reference page. 
• Schleip, W.D. 2014: Two new species of Leiopython Hubrecht, 1879 (Pythonidae: Serpentes): Non-compliance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature leads to unavailable names in zoological nomenclature. Journal of herpetology 48(2): 272-275. DOI: 10.1670/13-157 Reference page. 
• Reynolds, R.G., Niemiller, M.L. & Revell, L.J. 2014. Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 201–213. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: White-lipped Pythons