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The '''Bluff Downs Giantgiant Pythonpython''' (''Liasis'' sp.) is an extinct genus of [[snake]] from [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], that lived during the [[Pliocene]].
 
The Bluff Downs Giantgiant Pythonpython hunted [[mammals]], [[birds]] and [[reptiles]] in the [[woodland]]s and vine thickets bordering Australian watercourses during Pliocene times. Its nearest living relative is the [[Oliveolive Pythonpython]] (''Liasis olivacea'').
 
==Size==
The Bluff Downs Giantgiant Pythonpython is estimated to have grown to 10m, making it at least a metre longer than the world's two longest snakes - the [[Anacondaanaconda]] of [[South America]] and the [[Reticulatedreticulated Pythonpython]] of [[Asia]].
 
==Fossils==
Fossilised backbones, teeth and rib fragments of the Bluff Downs Pythonpython were found in 1992 at [[Bluff Downs fossil site|Bluff Downs]] in north-easternnortheastern [[Queensland]].
 
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