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Bibliography of the genus
Liasis (Water Pythons and Australian Olive Python)
(Reptilia: Serpentes: Pythonidae)
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Liasis in general
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Bedford, G.S. 2001. For comfort - rotate. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 31(1): 72.
Hoser, R. 1982. Frequency of sloughing in captive Morelia, Liasis, and Acanthophis (Serpentes). Herptile 7(3): 20-26.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1988. Opinion 1514. Liasis Gray, 1842 (Reptilia, Serpentes): Liasis mackloti Dumeril & Bibron, 1844 designated as type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45(3): 244.
Johnson, C.R. 1977. Thermoregulation in pythons. 4. Thermoregulation in the Papuan-New Guinean pythons within the genera Python, Liasis and Chondropython. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 60(2): 189-195.
Peters, U. 1970. Beobachtungen an Pythons der Gattungen Aspidites und Liasis. Aquarien Terrarien 17: 272-273.
Rawlings, L.H.; Barker, D.; Donnellan, S.C. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of the Australo-Papuan Liasis pythons (Reptilia: Macrostomata), based on mitochondrial DNA. Australian Journal of Zoology 52(2): 215-227.
Schwaner, T.D.; Dessauer, H.C. 1981. Immunodiffusion evidence for the relationships of Papuan boids. Journal of Herpetology 15(2): 250-253.
Stimson, A.F.; McDowell, S.B. 1986. Liasis Gray, 1842 (Reptilia, Serpentes): proposed designation of Liasis mackloti Dumeril & Bibron, 1844 as type species. Z.N.(S.) 2439. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43(4): 330-334.
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Liasis dunni
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Barker, D.G.; Barker, T.M.; Davis, M.A.; Schuett, G.W. 2015. A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 1-19.
Carmichael, C.K.; Kreiser, B.R.; Barker, D.G.; Barker, T.J.; Gillingham, J.C. 2007. Geographic variation in pheromone trailing behaviors of the Indonesian water python (Liasis mackloti) of Indonesia's lesser Sunda Archipelago. pp. 227-241. In: Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. (eds.). Biology of the boas and pythons. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain. 438 pp.
Stull, O.G. 1932. Five new subspecies of the family Boidae. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 8: 25-29.
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Liasis fuscus
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Bedford, G.; Christian, K.A. 1998. Standard metabolic rate and preferred body temperatures in some Australian pythons. Australian Journal of Zoology 46(4): 317-328.
Bedford, G.S.; Christian, K.A. 2001. Metabolic response to feeding and fasting in the water python (Liasis fuscus). Australian Journal of Zoology 49(4): 379-387.
Boos, H.E.A. 1979. Some breeding records of Australian pythons Pythonidae. International Zoo Yearbook 19: 87-89.
Brown, G.P.; Shine, R.; Madsen, T. 2002. Responses of three sympatric snake species to tropical seasonality in northern Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 18(4): 549-568.
Charles, N.; Field, R.; Shine, R. 1985. Notes on the reproductive biology of Australian pythons, genera Aspidites, Liasis and Morelia. Herpetological Review 16(2): 45-48.
Colchero, F.; Schaible, R. 2014. Mortality as a bivariate function of age and size in indeterminate growers. ECOSPHERE 5(12): 161.
Doody, J.S.; Hall, M.; Rhind, D.; Green, B.; Dryden, G. 2012. Natural history notes: Varanus panoptes (Yellow-spotted Monitor). Diet. Herpetological Review 43(3): 491-492.
Froesch, P. 1966. Neu für den Terrarianer: Liasis-Arten. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 19: 345-347.
Hay, C. 1998. Captive husbandry and reproduction of the Water Python Liasis fuscus (Dumeril & Bibron, 1844). Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(2): 14-19.
Hoser, R. 1981. Australian pythons (part 3). The larger Liasis. Herptile 6(4): 3-12.
Hoser, R.T. 2003. Five new Australian pythons. Macarthur Herpetological Society Monthly Newsletter 40: 4-9.
Hoser, R.T. 2004. A reclassification of the Pythoninae including the descriptions of two new genera, two new species and nine new subspecies. (Continued from Crocodilian 4(3), 2003). Crocodilian 4(4): 21-39.
James, B. 1994. An unintentional breeding of water pythons Liasis fuscus in north Queensland. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 14(4): 102-104.
Madsen, T. 2011. Body condition and head size in snakes. Amphibia-Reptilia 32(4): 565-567.
Madsen, T.; Shine, R. 1996. Determinants of reproductive output in female water pythons (Liasis fuscus: Pythonidae). Herpetologica 52(2): 146-159.
Madsen, T.; Shine, R. 1998. Quantity or quality? Determinants of maternal reproductive success in tropical pythons (Liasis fuscus). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences 265(1405): 1521-1525.
Madsen, T.; Shine, R. 1998. Spatial subdivision within a population of tropical pythons (Liasis fuscus) in a superficially homogeneous habitat. Australian Journal of Ecology 23(4): 340-348.
Madsen, T.; Shine, R. 1999. Life history consequences of nest-site variation in tropical pythons (Liasis fuscus). Ecology (Washington, D.C.) 80(3): 989-997.
Madsen, T.; Shine, R. 1999. The adjustment of reproductive threshold to prey abundance in a capital breeder. Journal of Animal Ecology 68(3): 571-580.
Madsen, T.; Shine, R. 2000. Energy versus risk: Costs of reproduction in free-ranging pythons in tropical Australia. Austral Ecology 25(6): 670-675.
Madsen, T.; Shine, R. 2000. Silver spoons and snake body sizes: prey availability early in life influences long-term growth rates of free-ranging pythons. Journal of Animal Ecology 69(6): 952-958.
Madsen, T.; Shine, R. 2001. Do snakes shrink? Oikos 92(1): 187-188.
Madsen, T.; Shine, R. 2002. Short and chubby or long and slim? Food intake, growth and body condition in free-ranging pythons. Austral Ecology 27(6): 672-680.
Madsen, T.; Ujvari, B. 2006. MHC class I variation associates with parasite resistance and longevity in tropical pythons. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19(6): 1973-1978.
Madsen, T.; Ujvari, B.; Nandakumar, K.S.; Hasselquist, D.; Holmdahl, R. 2007. Do 'infectious' prey select for high levels of natural antibodies in tropical pythons? Evolutionary Ecology 21(2): 271-279.
Madsen, T.; Ujvari, B.; Shine, R.; Olsson, M.M. 2006. Rain, rats and pythons: climate-driven population dynamics of predators and prey in tropical Australia. Austral Ecology 31(1): 30-37.
McFadden, M. 2005. Evidence for caudal luring in a captive water python (Liasis fuscus). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 35(1): 42-43.
Peters, U. 1977. Gelungene Nachzucht des Wasserpythons Liasis fuscus fuscus Peters 1873. Aquarium (Minden) 11(96): 265-266.
Pizzatto, L.; Madsen, T.; Brown, G.P.; Shine, R. 2009. Spatial ecology of hatchling water pythons (Liasis fuscus) in tropical Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 25(2): 181-191.
Shine, R.; Madsen, T. 1996. Is thermoregulation unimportant for most reptiles? An example using water pythons (Liasis fuscus) in tropical Australia. Physiological Zoology 69(2): 252-269.
Shine, R.; Madsen, T. 1997. Prey abundance and predator reproduction: rats and pythons on a tropical Australian floodplain. Ecology (Washington, D.C.) 78(4): 1078-1086.
Shine, R.; Madsen, T.R.L.; Elphick, M.J.; Harlow, P.S. 1997. The influence of nest temperatures and maternal brooding on hatchling phenotypes in water pythons. Ecology (Washington, D.C.) 78(6): 1713-1721.
Stahlschmidt, Z.; Brashears, J.; DeNardo, D.F. 2011. The use of ultrasonography to assess reproductive investment and output in pythons. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103(4): 772-778.
Stahlschmidt, Z.R.; Shine, R.; DeNardo, D.F. 2012. Temporal and spatial complexity of maternal thermoregulation in tropical pythons. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85(3): 219-230.
Stahlschmidt, Z.R.; Shine, R.; DeNardo, D.F. 2012. The consequences of alternative parental care tactics in free-ranging pythons in tropical Australia. Functional Ecology 26(4): 812-821.
Ujvari, B.; Brown, G.; Shine, R.; Madsen, T. 2016. Floods and famine: climate-induced collapse of a tropical predator-prey community. Functional Ecology 30(3): 453-458.
Ujvari, B.; Madsen, T. 2006. Age, parasites, and condition affect humoral immune response in tropical pythons. Behavioral Ecology 17(1): 20-24.
Ujvari, B.; Madsen, T. 2009. Short telomeres in hatchling snakes: erythrocyte telomere dynamics and longevity in tropical pythons. PLoS ONE 4(10): e7493, 1-5.
Ujvári, B.; Shine, R.; Madsen, T. 2011. How well do predators adjust to climate-mediated shifts in prey distribution? A study on Australian water pythons. Ecology (Washington D C) 92(3): 777-783.
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Liasis mackloti
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Banks, C.; Schwaner, T.D. 1984. Two cases of interspecific hybridization among captive Australian boid snakes. Zoo Biology 3(3): 221-227.
Bulian, J. 1994. Ten years of breeding Liasis mackloti mackloti. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 14(2): 46-56.
Bulian, J.; Broer, W. 1984. Ein seltener Python und seine Nachzucht: Liasis mackloti (Dumeril & Bibron, 1844) (Serpentes: Boidae). Salamandra 20(4): 205-211.
Carmichael, C.K.; Kreiser, B.R.; Barker, D.G.; Barker, T.J.; Gillingham, J.C. 2007. Geographic variation in pheromone trailing behaviors of the Indonesian water python (Liasis mackloti) of Indonesia's lesser Sunda Archipelago. pp. 227-241. In: Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. (eds.). Biology of the boas and pythons. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain. 438 pp.
Cundall, D.; Deufel, A. 1999. Striking patterns in booid snakes. Copeia 1999(4): 868-883.
Hopgood, J. 1981. Canker and its effect on a water python (Liasis mackloti). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 12(2): 15-16.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1988. Opinion 1514. Liasis Gray, 1842 (Reptilia, Serpentes): Liasis mackloti Dumeril & Bibron, 1844 designated as type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45(3): 244.
Khudoley, V.V.; Mizgireuv, I.V.; Zabezhinsky, M.A.; Gourkalo, V.K.; Vasiliev, V.M. 1991. Glomus-angioma (Barre-Masson tumour) in a python Liasis macklotti. Herpetopathologia 2(1): 7-9.
Knauf, S. 2000. Haltung und Nachzucht des Neu-Guinea-Wasserpythons (Liasis mackloti mackloti) (Dumeril & Bibron, 1844). Elaphe 8(4): 16-21.
Murphy, J.B.; Lamoreaux, W.E.; Barker, D.G. 1981. Miscellaneous notes on the reproductive biology of reptiles. 4. Eight species of the family Boidae, genera Acrantophis, Aspidites, Candoia, Liasis and Python. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 84(1): 39-49.
Orlov, N.L. 1982. Die Fortpflanzung der Pythons P. regius und Liasis mackloti und der Kletternattern Elaphe climacophora und E. quadrivirgata im Terrarium. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 4(19): 25-30.
Riel, C.A.P. van 1987. Liasis mackloti - Macklot's python. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 7(3): 102.
Ross, R.; Larman, R. 1977. Captive breeding in two species of python Liasis albertisii and L. mackloti. International Zoo Yearbook 17: 133-136.
Smith, H.M. 1969. Comment on the proposal to suppress Python timorensis Müller, 1844 (Reptilia). Z.N.(S.) 1834. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 25: 134.
Swaak, H. 1988. Captive breeding of Liasis mackloti. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 8(6): 259-261.
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Liasis olivaceus
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Alcini, S. 2009. Seltene und wenig bekannte Pythons aus Australien. 2. Der Pilbara-Olivpython, Liasis olivaceus barroni. Reptilia (D) 14(79): 33-37.
Bedford, G. 1993. Eye protection during basking by an albino Olive Python (Liasis olivaceus). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 23(2): 39-40.
Bedford, G.; Christian, K.A. 1998. Standard metabolic rate and preferred body temperatures in some Australian pythons. Australian Journal of Zoology 46(4): 317-328.
Bedford, G.; Coward, R. 1995. Natural history notes: Liasis olivaceus (Olive Python). Albinism. Herpetological Review 26(1): 39.
Christian, T. 1978. Notes on the incubation of olive python Liasis olivaceus, eggs. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 9(2): 26.
Doody, J.S.; Trembath, D.; Davies, C.; Freier, D.; Stewart, B.; Kay, G. 2009. A mating aggregation of olive pythons, Liasis olivaceus, with comments on mating systems and sexual size dimorphism in snakes. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 39(2): 91-93.
Ellis, R.J. 2013. Natural history notes: Liasis olivaceus barroni (Pilbara Olive Python). Diet. Herpetological Review 44(4): 693.
Elllis, R.J.; Johnstone, R.E. 2016. Natural history notes: Liasis olivaceus barroni (Pilbara Olive Python). Diet. Herpetological Review 47(4): 685.
Hoser, R. 1981. Australian pythons (part 3). The larger Liasis. Herptile 6(4): 3-12.
Oakwood, M.; Miles, G.L. 1998. Predation of a marsupial carnivore by an Olive Python (Liasis olivaceus) and a king Brown Snake (Pseudechis australis). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 28(1): 19-21.
Serventy, D.L. 1952. Size of the rock python. Western Australian Naturalist 3(7): 171-172.
Smith, L.A. 1981. A revision of the Liasis olivaceus species-group (Serpentes: Boidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 9(2): 227-233.
Tidemann, S.C.; Palmer, C.; Boyden, J.; Hunt, T. 1992. Predation on gouldian finch Erythrura gouldiae by reptiles. Corella 16(4): 105-106.
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Liasis papuanus
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Knauf, S. 2000. Bemerkungen zur Haltung des Papua-Olivpythons Apodora papuana (Peters & Doria, 1878). Sauria (Berlin) 22(4): 11-15.
Mavromichalis, J.; Bloem, S. 1994. Liasis olivaceus papuanus, a very rare python from New Guinea. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 14(5): 130-133.
Odinchenko, V.I.; Latyshev, V.A. 1996. First breeding of the Papuan python (Apodora papuana Peters and Doria 1878) at the Moscow Zoo. Russian Journal of Herpetology 3(2): 204-205.
O'Shea, M.; Bigilale, I. 1991. Life history notes: Bothrochilus papuanus (Papuan Olive Python). Keratophagy. Herpetological Review 22(2): 60.
O'Shea, M.T. 1988. Life history notes: Liasis papuanus (Papuan Olive Python). Feeding. Herpetological Review 19(2): 36.
Peters, U. 1972. Bemerkungen über Liasis olivaceus papuanus (Peters & Doria) und Liasis fuscus albertisii (Peters & Doria) aus Neu-Guinea. Aquarium Aqua Terra 1972(8): 83-84.
Peters, U. 1984. Zwei bemerkenswerte Pythons von Neuguinea: Liasis o. papuanus und L. f. albertisii. DATZ 37: 311-313.
Tryon, B.W.; Whitehead, J. 1988. Reproduction in a little-known New Guinea python, Liasis papuanus (Peters and Doria). Zoo Biology 7(4): 371-379.
Werner, F. 1936. Nova species boidarum. Ann. Mus. Nat. Hungar. Zool. 30: 105.
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Liasis savuensis
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Barker, D.; Barker, T. 1994. The maintenance and reproduction of a little-known python, Liasis mackloti savuensis. The Savu python's first year in captivity. Vivarium (Lakeside) 5(6): 18-21.
Barker, D.; Barker, T. 1995. A new python in captivity from New Guinea. The New Guinea carpet python and the Sawu python a correct common name. Vivarium (Lakeside) 6(6): 30-33.
Barker, D.G.; Barker, T.M.; Davis, M.A.; Schuett, G.W. 2015. A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 1-19.
Brongersma, L.D. 1956. On two species of boid snakes from the Lesser Sunda Islands. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 59(3): 290-300.
Carmichael, C.K.; Kreiser, B.R.; Barker, D.G.; Barker, T.J.; Gillingham, J.C. 2007. Geographic variation in pheromone trailing behaviors of the Indonesian water python (Liasis mackloti) of Indonesia's lesser Sunda Archipelago. pp. 227-241. In: Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. (eds.). Biology of the boas and pythons. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain. 438 pp.
Ibarrondo, B.R. 2006. Die Situation des Savu-Pythons. ZGAP Mitteilungen 22(1): 12-14.
Radovanovic, A. 2013. Captive management and reproduction of the Savu Island python Liasis mackloti savuensis (Brongersma, 1956). Herpetological Bulletin 123: 19-22.
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