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{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| image = LeiopythonFerme des Reptiles - Bothrochilus albertisii 03.jpg

| genus status = LeiopythonLC

| image_caption = ''Leiopython albertisii''

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Leiopython

| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Tallowin, O. |author-link=species:Oliver J.S. Tallowin |author2=Allison, A. |author2-link=species:Allen Allison |author3=O'Shea, M. |author3-link=species:Mark O'Shea |author4=Parker, F. |author4-link=species:Fred Parker |date=2018 |title=''Leiopython albertisii '' |volume=2018 |page=e.T199628A2607789 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T199628A2607789.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>

| species = albertisii

| genus = Leiopython

| authority = ([[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]] & [[Giacomo Doria|Doria]], 1878)

| species = albertisii

| synonyms = *''Liasis Albertisii'' <br>{{small|W. Peters & Doria, 1878}}

| authority = ([[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]] & [[Giacomo Doria|Doria]], 1878)

*''Leiopython gracilis'' <br>{{small|Hubrecht, 1879}}

| synonyms = *''Liasis Albertisii'' <br>{{small|W. Peters & Doria, 1878}}

*''Leiopython gracilis'' <br>{{small|[[Ambrosius Hubrecht|Hubrecht]], 1879}}

*''Liasis albertisii'' <br>{{small|— [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1893}}

*''Liasis fuscus albertisii'' <br>{{small|— [[Olive Griffith Stull|Stull]], 1935}}

*''Liasis fuscus albertisi'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Lilia Capocaccia|Capocaccia]], 1961}}

*''Liasis fuscus albertisii'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Andrew Francis Stimson|Stimson]], 1969}}

*''Liasis albertisi'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Karl-Heinz Switak|Switak]], 1973}}

*''Liasis albertisii'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Samuel Booker McDowell, Jr.|McDowell]], 1975}}

*''Bothrochilus albertisii'' <br>{{small|— [[Harold Cogger|H.G. Cogger]], [[species:Elizabeth E. Cameron|Cameron]] & <br>[[species:Heather M. Cogger|H.M. Cogger]], 1983}}

*''Lisalia albertisi'' <br>{{small|— [[Richard Walter Wells|Wells]] & [[Cliff Ross Wellington|Wellington]], 1984}}

*''Morelia albertisii'' <br>{{small|— [[:fr:Garth Underwood|Underwood]] & Stimson, 1990}}

*''L''[''eiopython'']. ''albertisii'' <br>{{small|— [[Arnold G. Kluge|Kluge]], 1993}}

*''Leiopython albertisi'' <br>{{small|— [[Mark O'Shea (herpetologist)|O'Shea]], 1996}}

*''Leiopython albertisii'' <br>{{small|— O'Shea, 1996}}<ref name="McD99"/>

*''Bothrochilus albertisii'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Robert Graham Reynolds|Reynolds]] et al., 2014}}<ref>{{EMBL species|genus=Bothrochilus|species=albertisii}}. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

*''Bothrochilus albertisii'' <br>{{small|— Reynolds et al., 2014}}<ref name="faculty.umb.edu">[http://faculty.umb.edu/liam.revell/pdfs/Reynolds_etal_2014.MPE.pdf R. Graham Reynolds, Matthew L. Niemiller, Liam J. Revell, 2014, Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling]</ref>

}}

'''''Leiopython albertisii''''', commonly known as '''D'Albert's water python''', '''white-lipped python''', or '''northern white-lipped python''', is a [[species]] of [[Python (genus)|python]] in the family [[Pythonidae]]. No [[subspecies]] are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=634409 |taxon=''Leiopython'' |accessdate=9 September 2007}}</ref> ''Leiopython'' was first described as an intermediate genus between ''[[Liasis]]'' and ''[[Nardoa (snake)|Nardoa]]''.<ref name="Hub79">Hubrecht AAW. 1879. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630893#26 "Notes III. On a new genus and species of Pythonidae from Salawatti"]. ''Notes from the Leyden Museum'' '''1''': 14-15. ("''Leiopython n. gen.''", p. 14).</ref>

'''D'Albertis' python''' ('''''Leiopython albertisii''')'', also known [[Common name|commonly]] as '''D'Albert's water python''' or the '''northern white-lipped python''', is a [[species]] of [[Python (genus)|python]], a non-[[venomous snake]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Pythonidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[New Guinea]]. There are no [[subspecies]] that are recognized as being valid.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=634409 |taxon=''Leiopython'' |accessdate=9 September 2007}}</ref>

== Distribution and habitat==

These snakes are found in most of [[New Guinea]] (below 1200 m), including the islands of [[Salawati]] and [[Biak]], [[Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea|Normanby]], [[Mussau Island|Mussau]] and [[Emirau Island|Emirau]],<ref name="Schleip2008">{{cite journal|last1=Schleip|first1=Wulf D|title=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=Journal of Herpetology |date=2008 |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=645–667 |doi=10.1670/06-182R5.1}}</ref> as well as a few islands in the [[Torres Strait]].

==Geographic Distributionrange and habitat==

The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "''Kapaor in Nova Guinea boreali occidentali ... et prope Andai'' ". The authors also stated localities for two additional specimens: "''...&nbsp;un esemplare a Kapaor fra i Papua Onin...''" and "''...&nbsp;un secondo esemplare ad Andai presso Dorei...''" (Kapoar, Onin Peninsula and Andai, near Dorei, Irian Jaya, Indonesia).<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell JA]], Touré T. 1999. ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).</ref>

These''L. snakesalbertisii'' areis found in most of [[New Guinea]] (below {{convert|1200 |m)|ft|abbr=on}}, including the islands of [[Salawati]] and [[Biak]], [[Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea|Normanby]], [[Mussau Island|Mussau]] and [[Emirau Island|Emirau]],<ref name="Schleip2008">{{cite journal |last1last=Schleip |first1first=Wulf D. |author-link=species:Wulf D. Schleip |title=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=Journal of Herpetology |date=2008 |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=645–667 |doi=10.1670/06-182R5.1}}</ref> as well as a few islands in the [[Torres Strait]].

The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "''Kapaor in Nova Guinea boreali occidentali ... et prope Andai'' ". The authors also stated localities for two additional specimens: "''...&nbsp;un esemplare a Kapaor fra i Papua Onin...''" and "''...&nbsp;un secondo esemplare ad Andai presso Dorei...''" (= Kapoar, Onin Peninsula and Andai, near Dorei, Irian Jaya, Indonesia).<ref name="McD99">[[:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell JA]], Touré [[species:T'Shaka A. Touré|Touré TA]] (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).</ref>

Some doubt can be cast on its occurrence on Normanby, as McDowell (1975)<ref name="McDow1975">McDowell SB. 1975. "A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomon’s, with special Reference to Those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part II". (24.02.1975). ''Journal of Herpetology'' '''9''' (1): 1-79.</ref> had erroneously assigned Bara Bara to this island, rather than to the mainland of [[Papua New Guinea]]<ref name="Schleip2008"/> in [[Milne Bay Province]] as stated by Boulenger (1898)<ref name="Boul1898">[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]]. 1898. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7785916#704 "An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea"]. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'', Series 2, '''18''': 694-710.</ref> and Koopman (1982).<ref name="Koopm1982">Koopman KF. 1982. "Results of the Archibold Expedition No. 109. Bats from Eastern Papua and the East Papua Islands". ''American Museum Novitates'' (2747): 1-34.</ref>

Some doubt can be cast on its occurrence on Normanby, as McDowell (1975)<ref name="McDow1975">[[species:Samuel Booker McDowell, SBJr.|McDowell SB]] (1975). "A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomon’s, with special Reference to Those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part II". (24.02.1975). ''Journal of Herpetology'' '''9''' (1): 1-79.</ref> had erroneously assigned Bara Bara to this island, rather than to the mainland of [[Papua New Guinea]]<ref name="Schleip2008"/> in [[Milne Bay Province]] as stated by Boulenger (1898)<ref name="Boul1898">[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]]. (1898). [httphttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7785916#704 "An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea"]. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'', Series 2, '''18''': 694-710.</ref> and Koopman (1982).<ref name="Koopm1982">[[Karl Koopman|Koopman KF.]] (1982). "Results of the ArchiboldArchbold Expedition No. 109. Bats from Eastern Papua and the East Papua Islands". ''American Museum Novitates'' (2747): 1-34.</ref>

==Etymology==

The species[[specific wasname named(zoology)|specific name]], ''albertisii'', is in honor of Italian explorer [[Luigi D'Albertis]].<ref name="PetDor1878">[[Wilhelm Peters|Peters W]], [[Giacomo Doria|Doria G]]. (1878). "''Catalogo dei rettili e dei batraci raccolti da [[Odoardo Beccari|O. Beccari]], L. M. D'Albertis e A. A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione austro-malese'' ". ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'', Series 1, '''13''': 323-450. ("''Liasis Albertisii, n. sp.'' ", new species, pp. 401-403 + Plate III, Figure 2). (in Italian and Latin).</ref><ref name="Blns2011">Beolens[[species:Bo BBeolens|Beolens, WatkinsBo]]; M[[species:Michael Watkins|Watkins, Michael]]; Grayson, M.Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Leiopython albertisii'', p. 64; ''L. bennettorum'', p. 22).</ref>

==Description==

Female adults of ''L. albertisii'' grow to an average of about 213&nbsp;cm in length (6–7&nbsp;ft) in total length (including tail). TheyBoth sexes are patternless, except for some light markings on itsthe [[postoculars]]. The [[Dorsum (anatomy)|dorsum]] of the head is shiny black, and the upper and lower [[labial scales]] are white with black markings on the anterior edge of the scales. Body color is either brownish-violet fading to yellowish ventrally (''L. albertisii'') or blackish-blue fading to gray.

==Behavior==

Although mostly terrestrial, these''L. snakesalbertisii'' can and areis known to occasionally climb.<ref name="Leiopython Albertisii">{{cite web|title=Leiopython''Bothrochilus Albertisiialbertisii ''|url=http://www.coldbloodcreations.com/collection_pages/wlp.html|accessdate=14 December 2016}} Cold Blood Creations.</ref> White-lipped pythons are reportedly aggressive, though this is reduced in those born and raised in captivity.<ref>{{cite web|title=White Lipped Python|url=http://www.snakeestate.com/pythons/white-lipped-python.html|website=Python Snake Database|publisher=Snake Estate|accessdate=14 December 2016}}</ref> These''L. snakes havealbertisii'' also has been observed to regularly regurgitate fur balls from theirits prey.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Schleip|first1=Wulf|title=''Leiopython albertisii'' (Northern White-Lipped Python). Behavior |journal=Herpetological Review |date=June 2009 |volume=40 |issue=2 |page=231 |accessdate=14 December 2016 |url=http://www.leiopython.de/publications/2009,%20Schleip,%20Leiopython_Behavior.pdf}}</ref>

==FeedingDiet==

The diet of ''L. albertisii'' includes a range of small-sized to medium-sized birds and mammals.<ref name="Meh87">[[species:John M. Mehrtens|Mehrtens JM.]] (1987). ''Living Snakes of the World in Color''. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. {{ISBN|0-8069-6460-X}}.</ref> Neonates and juveniles often feed on lizards. Heat sensitive pits in the upper and lower jaws are used to help locate prey during nocturnal hunting.<ref name="Leiopython Albertisii"/>

==Reproduction==

The''L. albertisii'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]]. femalesA sexually mature female may lay a [[Clutch (eggs)|clutch]] of about a dozen eggs. The eggs stick together in a compact pile, and the femalesfemale coils around them. The hatchlings emerge after about two months of incubation and are about {{convert|38|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length.<ref name="Meh87"/>

==References==

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{{Wikispecies|Leiopython albertisii}}

{{Commons|Leiopython albertisii}}

==Further reading==

{{Reflist|2}}

*[[Harold Cogger|Cogger HG]] (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. {{ISBN|978-0643100350}}. (''Leiopython albertisii'', p.&nbsp;821).

*[[species:Robert Graham Reynolds|Reynolds, R. Graham]]; [[species:Matthew L. Niemiller|Niemiller, Matthew L.]]; [[species:Liam J. Revell|Revell, Liam 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.

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