.::::: Snakes of the World - Boidea - Apodora :::::.
Last update: 24 June, 2004

This genus contains only one species, distributed on New Guinea. It is a large heavy built constrictor.
Apodora Kluge, 1993
(Type = Liasis papuanus)
Apodora papuana (Peters & Doria, 1878)
Liasis maximus Werner, 1936
Liasis olivaceus papuanus Peters & Doria, 1878
Liasis papuanus Peters & Doria, 1878
Liasis tornieri Werner, 1897
Morelia papuana (Peters & Doria, 1878)
Distribution: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Literature

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Peters, W.C.H. & G. Doria. 1878. Catalogo dei rettili e dei batraci raccolti de O. Beccari, L.M. d’Albertis e A.A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, (1)13: 323-450.
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