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The '''Bluff Downs giant python''' (''Liasis dubudingala'' sp.) is an extinct genusspecies of [[snake]] from [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], that lived during the Early [[Pliocene]].<ref>{{cite doi|10.1080/03115510108619232}}</ref>.

The Bluff Downs giant python hunted [[mammals]], [[birds]] and [[reptiles]] in the [[woodland]]s and vine thickets bordering Australian watercourses during Pliocene times. Its nearest living relative is the [[olive python]] (''Liasis olivacea'').

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==Fossils==

Fossilised backbonesvertebrae, teeth and rib fragments of the Bluff Downs python were found in 1992 at [[Bluff Downs fossil site|Bluff Downs]] in northeastern [[Queensland]].

==References==

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==Sources==

* Morphology G: Visceral Organs (Biology of the Reptilia, Vol.19) (Biology of the Reptilia, Vol.19) by Carl Gans

* http://www.lostkingdoms.com/facts/factsheet44.htm