Bluff Downs giant python
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| Genus: | Liasis
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The Bluff Downs Giant Python (Liasis sp.) is an extinct genus of snake from Queensland, Australia, that lived during the Pliocene.
The Bluff Downs Giant Python hunted mammals, birds and reptiles in the woodlands 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 10m, 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
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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