Liasis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pythonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Henophidia Superfamilia: Pythonoidea

Familia: Pythonidae
Genus: Liasis
Species (3 + 1†): †L. dubudingala – L. fuscus – L. mackloti – L. olivaceus

Liasis Gray, 1842: 44 [conserved name]

Type species: Liasis mackloti Duméril & Bibron, 1844, by subsequent designation by Opinion 1514 (1988: 244).
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1988 (1988: 244).

Lisalia Gray, 1849
- Type species: Liasis olivaceus Gray, 1842, by monotypy.
Katrinus Hoser, 2000
- Type species: Liasis fuscus Peters, 1873, by original designation.

Gray, J.E. 1842. Synopsis of the species of prehensile-tailed snakes, or family Boidae. Zoological Miscellany. Treuttel, Wurtz & Co.: London. 2: 41–46. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1988. Opinion 1514. Liasis Gray, 1842 (Reptilia, Serpentes): Liasis mackloti Duméril & Bibron, 1844 designated as type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45(3): 244. BHL 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.
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.
Barker, D.G., Barker, T.M., Davis, M.A. & Schuett, G.W. 2015. A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (1): 1–19 DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12267 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Liasis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 February 2026.