The Bluff Downs Giant Python (Liasis sp.) is a Critically Endangered genus of snake from Queensland, Australia, that lived during the Pliocene.
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Invalid status (IUCN 3.1)
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| Genus: | Liasis
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Size
The Bluff Downs Giant Python is estimated to grow to 12m.
Fossils
Fossilised backbones, teeth and rib fragments of the Bluff Downs Python were found in 1992 at Bluff Downs in north-eastern Queensland.
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
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