Leiopython fredparkeri

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Tallowin, O. |author-link=species:Oliver J.S. Tallowin |author2=O'Shea, M. |author2-link=Mark O'Shea (herpetologist) |author3=Parker, F. |author3-link=species:Frederick Stanley Parker |date=2018 |title=Leiopython fredparkeri |volume=2018 |page=e.T42494018A42494021 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T42494018A42494021.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Leiopython

| species = fredparkeri

| authority = Schleip, 2008

| synonyms = Leiopython hoserae

Leiopython albertisii bennetti

Leiopython bennettorum

Bothrochilus hoserae

Leiopython meridionalis

Leiopython montanus

Bothrochilus fredparkeri

Bothrochilus bennettorum

Bothrochilus montanus

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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. It was first described by German herpetologist Wulf D. Schleip in 2008.{{Cite Q|Q54670965}}

Etymology

The specific name, fredparkeri, is in honor of Australian naturalist Fred Parker (born 1941).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}}. (Leiopython fredparkeri, p. 94; Parker, F., p. 200).

Geographic range

L. fredparkeri is found in mainland Papua New Guinea.{{NRDB species |genus=Leiopython |species=fredparkeri |accessdate=5 April 2022}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. fredparkeri is forest, at altitudes of {{cvt|1,000|–|1,500|m|ft}}.

References

Category:Pythonidae

Category:Snakes of New Guinea

Category:Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea

Category:Endemic fauna of New Guinea

Category:Reptiles described in 2008