Biology:Liasis mackloti
| Liasis mackloti | |
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| Liasis mackloti savuensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pythonidae |
| Genus: | Liasis |
| Species: | L. mackloti
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| Binomial name | |
| Liasis mackloti A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
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Liasis mackloti, commonly known as Macklot's python[3] or the freckled python,[4] is a species of python, a non-venomous snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is native to Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, and coastal northern Australia. Three subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[4]
Etymology
The specific name, mackloti, is in honor of naturalist and taxidermist Heinrich Christian Macklot.[5]
The subspecific name, dunni, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.[6]: 25
Description
Reproduction
Liasis mackloti is known to breed easily in captivity.[3] It is oviparous.[4]
Geographic range
Liasis mackloti is found in Indonesia in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Savu, Roti, Samao, Timor and Wetar, in East Timor, Papua New Guinea, and coastal northern Australia.[4] The type locality given is "les îles de Timor et de Samao ". Brongersma (1968) restricted the type locality to "Timor" by lectotype designation.[2]
Subspecies
| Subspecies[4] | Taxon author[4] | Common name | Geographic range |
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| L. m. mackloti | A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 | Macklot's python | Timor and Wetar, East Nusa Tenggara |
| L. m. dunni | Stull, 1932 | Dunn's python | |
| L. m. savuensis | Brongersma, 1956 | Savu python | Savu, East Nusa Tenggara |
Exotic trade and captive care
Gallery
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References
- ↑ Arida E, Gillespie G, Reilly S (2021). "Liasis macklooti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T83776644A83776677.en. Accessed on 10 April 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Liasis mackloti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 June 2017.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Liasis mackloti, p. 165).
- ↑ Stull (1932).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Contain
- Brongersma, L. (1956). "On two species of boid snakes from the Lesser Sunda Islands". Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C. Biological and Medical Sciences 59: 290–300. (Liasis savuensis, new species).
- Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G (1844). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome sixième [= General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles, Volume 6 ]. Paris: Roret. xii + 609 pp. (Liasis mackloti, new species, pp. 440–442). (in French).
- Stull, O.G. (1932). "Five New Subspecies of the Family Boidae". Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 25-30. + Plates 1–2. (Liasis mackloti dunni, new subspecies, pp. 25–26 + Plate 1).
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