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WHITE LIPPED PYTHONS

Leiopython (Genus)

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Distribution:- Found in New Guinea, including the islands of Salawati and Biak, Normanby, Mussau and Emirau, and some islands in the Torres Strait

Comments:- Grows to approximately 2-3 metres long (6–10 ft)

White-lipped Python (Leiopython sp.)
White-lipped Python (Leiopython sp.)


White-lipped Python (Leiopython sp.) photographed at Vivarium de Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland
White-lipped Python (Leiopython sp.) photographed at Vivarium de Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland


White-lipped Python (Leiopython sp.) photographed at Vivarium de Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland
 White-lipped Python (Leiopython sp.) photographed at Vivarium de Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland


COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

DISTRIBUTION

D'Alberti's Python

Leiopython (was Bothrochilus) albertisii

Papua New Guinea
AUSTRALIA ?
(Qld -Torres Strait Islands)

Karimui Basin White-lipped Python or Southern Whitelip Python

Leiopython (was Bothrochilus) fredparkeri

New Guinea



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