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'''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]]. NoThere are no [[subspecies]] that are recognized as being valid.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=634409 |taxon=''Leiopython'' |accessdate=9 September 2007}}</ref>

==Geographic range and habitat==

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==Etymology==

The [[specific name (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'' ", new species, pp. 401-403 + Plate III, Figure 2). (in Italian and Latin).</ref><ref name="Blns2011">[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[species:Michael Watkins|Watkins, Michael]]; Grayson, 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==