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Higher TaxaPythonidae, Henophidia, Pythonoidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesLiasis olivaceus olivaceus GRAY 1842
Liasis olivaceus barroni SMITH 1981 
Common NamesE: Olive Python
G: Olivfarbener Python, Olivpython 
SynonymLiasis olivaceus GRAY 1842: 45
Liasis olivaceus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844: 442
Liasis olivaceus — BOULENGER 1893: 79
Liasis (Lisalia) olivaceus — GRAY 1849
Bothrochilus olivaceus — COGGER et al. 1983: 204
Lisalia olivaceus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 (fide McDIARMID et al.)
Liasis olivaceus — KLUGE 1993
Morelia olivacea — WELCH 1994
Liasis olivaceus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 169
Liasis olivaceus — COGGER 2000: 608
Liasis olivaceus — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Liasis olivaceus — REYNOLDS et al. 2014
Liasis olivaceus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 383

Liasis olivaceus barroni SMITH 1981
Liasis olivaceus barroni SMITH 1981
Lisalia barroni — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Liasis olivaceus barroni — BARKER & BARKER 1994
Liasis olivaceus barroni — STORR et al. 2002
Liasis olivaceus barroni — MOUSAVI-DERAZMAHALLEH et al. 2023 
DistributionAustralia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

Type locality: Port Essington, NT, Australia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.56
Holotype: WAM R55383 (originally given erroneously as R55384), see Ellis, 2015, for correction [barroni] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (864 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin oliva (olive) plus the termination -aceus (having the nature of), in reference to the olive color. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Alcini, S. 2009. Seltene und wenig bekannte Pythons aus Australien - Teil 2: Der Pilbara-Olivpython, Liasis olivaceus barroni. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (79): 33-27 - get paper here
  • Barker, David B. & Barker, Tracy M. 1994. Pythons of the World Volume I. Australia. AVS, Lakeside, CA, xviii + 171 pp.
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1844. Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.6. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 609 pp. - get paper here
  • Ellis, Ryan J. 2013. Liasis olivaceus barroni (Pilbara olive python) diet. Herpetological Review 44 (4): 693 - get paper here
  • ELLIS, RYAN J.; CHRIS KNUCKEY, COURTNEY PROCTOR, ASHLEIGH JENKINS, MORGAN O’CONNELL & GEORGEANNA STORY. 2021. LIASIS OLIVACEUS BARRONI (Pilbara Olive Python). DIET. Herpetological Review 52 (3): 669–671. - get paper here
  • Elllis, Ryan J. and Johnstone, R. E. 2016. Liasis olivaceus barroni (Pilbara Olive Python) Diet. Herpetological Review 47 (4): 685 - get paper here
  • Franz, V. 2003. Pythons of the World. Reptilia (GB) (27): 16-23 - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1842. Synopsis of the species of prehensile-tailed snakes, or family Boidae. Zoological Miscellany 2: 41-46
  • Kluge, Arnold G. 1993. Aspidites and the phylogeny of Pythonine snakes. Rec. Austral. Mus. (Supplement 19): 1-77 - get paper here
  • Mavromichalis, Johan M.W. & Silvia A. Bloem 1994. Liasis olivaceus papuanus, a very rare python from New Guinea. Litteratura Serpentium 14 (5): 130-133 - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Mousavi-Derazmahalleh, M., Ellis,R.J., D'Rozario,B.L., Berry,T.E., Peverley,G., Dawkins,K.L., Campbell,M., White,N.E. and Allentoft, M.E. 2023. Rock pools as a source of environmental DNA for the detection of the threatened Pilbara olive python (Liasis olivaceus barroni). Front Environ Sci 11, 1187545 - get paper here
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  • Reynolds, R. Graham; Matthew L. Niemiller, Liam J. Revell 2014. Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 201–213 [published online in 2013] - get paper here
  • Smith L A 1981. A revision of the python genera Aspidites and Python (Serpentes: Boidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 9 (2): 211-226 - get paper here
  • Smith, L.A. 1981. A revision of the Liasis olivaceus species-group (Serpentes: Boidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 9 (2): 227-233 - get paper here
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  • Winchell, S. 2009. Pythons Australiens. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (79): 16-27 - get paper here
 
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