Common names: Macklot's python, white-lipped python.

Liasis mackloti is a non-venomous python species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 found in Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. Two subspecies

Subspecies

Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...

 are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

Description

Macklot's Pythons have a reputation for being irritable snakes. Adults may grow to 7 feet (213 cm) in length, or longer. The coloration consists of a blackish-brown to green ground color, with yellow ochre sides and a white belly, patterned with scattered small yellow spots, or black speckles, while the labial scales are lightly colored. They breed easily in captivity.

Geographic range

Found in Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

 in the Lesser Sunda Islands

Lesser Sunda Islands

The Lesser Sunda Islands or Nusa Tenggara are a group of islands in the southern Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands...

 of Savu

Savu

Savu is the largest of a group of three islands, situated midway between Sumba and Rote, west of Timor, in Indonesia's eastern province, East Nusa Tenggara. Ferries connect the islands to Waingapu, on Sumba, and Kupang, in West Timor...

, Roti

Rote Island

right|thumb|300px|Satellite photo of RotiRote Island is an island of Indonesia, part of the East Nusa Tenggara province of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It has an area of . It lies northeast of the Australian coast and northeast of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands. The island is situated to the...

, Samao, Timor

Timor

Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. It is divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, belonging to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. The island's surface is 30,777 square kilometres...

 and Wetar

Wetar

The tropical island of Wetar belongs to the Indonesian province of Maluku and is the largest island of the Barat Daya Islands . It lies east of the Lesser Sunda Islands, which include nearby Alor and Timor, but it is politically part of the Maluku Islands...

. The type locality given is "les îles de Timor et de Samao." Brongersma

Leo Brongersma

Leo Daniel Brongersma was a Dutch zoologist, author, and lecturer.Brongersma was born in Bloemendaal, North Holland and earned his PhD at the University of Amsterdam in 1934...

 (1968) restricted the type locality to "Timor" by lectotype designation.

Subspecies

Subspecies	Taxon author	Common name	Geographic range
L. m. mackloti	Duméril André Marie Constant Duméril André Marie Constant Duméril was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became professor of herpetology and ichthyology...  & Bibron Gabriel Bibron Gabriel Bibron was a French zoologist. He was born in Paris. Son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hired to collect vertebrates in Italy and Sicily. He classified a number of reptile species with André Marie Constant... , 1844	Macklot's python
L. m. savuensis Liasis mackloti savuensis Liasis mackloti savuensis is a non-venomous python subspecies found in Indonesia.-Geographic range:The type locality given is "Savu Id." ....	Brongersma Leo Brongersma Leo Daniel Brongersma was a Dutch zoologist, author, and lecturer.Brongersma was born in Bloemendaal, North Holland and earned his PhD at the University of Amsterdam in 1934... , 1956	Savu python