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* ''Bothrochilus albertisii'' <br>{{small|— Reynolds et al., 2014}}<ref name="faculty.umb.edu">[http://faculty.umb.edu/liam.revell/pdfs/Reynolds_etal_2014.MPE.pdf R. Graham Reynolds, Matthew L. Niemiller, Liam J. Revell, 2014, Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling]</ref>

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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]] family. 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>

==Geographic range==

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==Behavior==

Although mostly terrestrial, these snakes can and are known to occasionally climb.<ref name="Leiopython Albertisii">{{cite web|title=Leiopython Albertisii|url=http://www.coldbloodcreations.com/collection_pages/wlp.html|accessdate=14 December 2016}}</ref> White-lipped pythons are reportedly aggressive, though this is reduced in those born and raised in captivity.<ref>{{cite web|title=White Lipped Python|url=http://www.snakeestate.com/pythons/white-lipped-python.html|website=Python Snake Database|publisher=Snake Estate|accessdate=14 December 2016}}</ref> These snakes have also been observed to regularly regurgitate fur balls from their prey.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Schleip|first1=Wulf|title=''Leiopython albertisii'' (Northern White-Lipped Python). Behavior |journal=Herpetological Review |date=June 2009 |volume=40 |issue=2 |page=231 |accessdate=14 December 2016 |url=http://www.leiopython.de/publications/2009,%20Schleip,%20Leiopython_Behavior.pdf}}</ref>

==Feeding==

The diet includes a range of small- to medium-sized birds and mammals.<ref name="Meh87"/> Neonates and juveniles often feed on lizards. Heat sensitive pits in the upper and lower jaws are used to help locate prey during nocturnal hunting.<ref>{{cite web|titlename="Leiopython Albertisii|url=http://www.coldbloodcreations.com/collection_pages/wlp.html|accessdate=14 December 2016}}<"/ref>

==Reproduction==

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==External links==

{{Commons|Leiopython albertisii}}

[[Category:Pythonidae]]

[[Category:Reptiles of New Guinea]]