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'''''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>
== 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]].
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