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The '''Bluff Downs giant python''' (''Liasis dubudingala'') is an [[extinction|extinct]] [[species]] 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'').

==Size==

The Bluff Downs giant python is estimated to have grown to 10m10&nbsp;m (33ft33&nbsp;ft), making it at least a metre longer than the world's two longest snakes - the [[anaconda]] of [[South America]] and the [[reticulated python]] of [[Asia]].

==Fossils==