Liasis Gray, 1842

Schleip, Wulf D. & O'Shea, Mark, 2010, Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, ZooKeys 66, pp. 29-80 : 43

Genus Liasis Gray, 1842

Synonyms:

Katrinus Hoser, 2000

Remarks:

Scanlon and Mackness (2002) considered the gender of Liasis Gray feminine because Gray’s (1842) original use of the combination Liasis olivacea implied it to be feminine. However, Gray (1842) also used the masculine gender for Liasis amethystinus [= Morelia amethistina (Schneider)] within Liasis . Hence, Gray did not clearly indicate his intentions concerning the gender of Liasis . Despite this discordance in gender, the ICZN had used it plenary power (Art. 81.1, ICZN 1999) to fix a type species for Liasis (Opinion 1514, ICZN 1988), and additionally (but perhaps not deliberately) fixed the gender as masculine. The name and gender also entered the List of Available Names in Zoology (also see Art. 80.6, 80.7, ICZN 1999). These authors therefore follow the predominant use of a masculine gender for Liasis .