Leiopython fredparkeri

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]

Leiopython fredparkeri
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pythonidae
Genus:	Leiopython
Species:	L. fredparkeri
Binomial name
Leiopython fredparkeri Schleip, 2008
Synonyms[2]
Leiopython hoserae Leiopython albertisii bennetti Leiopython bennettorum Bothrochilus hoserae Leiopython meridionalis Leiopython montanus Bothrochilus fredparkeri Bothrochilus bennettorum Bothrochilus montanus

Etymology

The specific name, fredparkeri, is in honor of Australian naturalist Fred Parker (born 1941).^[4]

Geographic range

L. fredparkeri is found in mainland Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. fredparkeri is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft).^[1]

References

1. Tallowin, O.; O'Shea, M.; Parker, F. (2018). "Leiopython fredparkeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T42494018A42494021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T42494018A42494021.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Leiopython fredparkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
3. Schleip, Wulf D. (2008). "Revision of the Genus Leiopython Hubrecht 1879 (Serpentes: Pythonidae) with the Redescription of Taxa Recently Described by Hoser (2000) and the Description of New Species" (PDF). Journal of Herpetology. 42 (4): 645. doi:10.1670/06-182R5.1. ISSN 0022-1511. Wikidata Q54670965.
4. 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).