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D'Albertis' python (Leiopython albertisii), also known commonly as D'Albert's water python or the northern white-lipped python, is a species of python, a non-venomous snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is endemic to New Guinea. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. [4]
Leiopython fredparkeri, also known commonly as the Karimui Basin whitelip python, the Karimui Basin white-lipped python, and the southern white-lipped python, is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is endemic to New Guinea. [1] [2] It was first described by German herpetologist Wulf D. Schleip in 2008. [2] [3]
It belongs to the genus Drysdalia, and is often referred to as the whip snake in Tasmania (whip snake in mainland Australia usually refers to snakes from the genus Demansia which are only found on the mainland). The species gets its common name from a thin, white line that runs along the upper lip, bordered above by a narrow black line. [3]
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Although mostly terrestrial, snakes of the genus Leiopython can and are known to occasionally climb. [6] White-lipped pythons are reportedly aggressive, though this is reduced in those born and raised in captivity. [7] These snakes have also been observed to regularly regurgitate fur balls from their prey. [8]
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The descriptive term white-lipped is part of the common name of a number of different animal species: Brown white-lipped python or Leiopython, a nonvenomous snake species, L. albertisii, found in New Guinea; Feijo white lipped frog (Hydrolaetare dantasi), a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae