List of pythonid species and subspecies
This is a list of all genera, species, and subspecies of the family Pythonidae, otherwise referred to as pythonids or pythons. It follows the taxonomy of McDiarmid et al. (1999),[1] which is available online through ITIS.,[2] updated with additional recently described species.[3][4][5]
- Antaresia
- Antaresia childreni, Children's python
- Antaresia maculosa, spotted python
- Antaresia perthensis, pygmy python
- Antaresia stimsoni, Stimson's python
- Apodora
- Apodora papuana, Papuan olive python
- Aspidites
- Aspidites melanocephalus, black-headed python
- Aspidites ramsayi, woma python
- Bothrochilus
- Bothrochilus albertisii, D'Albertis' python
- Bothrochilus boa, Bismark ringed python
- Bothrochilus biakensis, Biak white-lipped python
- Bothrochilus fredparkeri, Parker's white-lipped python
- Bothrochilus huonensis, Huon white-lipped python
- Bothrochilus meridionalis, southern white-lipped python
- Bothrochilus montanus, Wau white-lipped python
- Liasis
- Liasis fuscus, water python
- Liasis mackloti, Macklot's python
- Liasis mackloti dunni, Dunn's python
- Liasis mackloti mackloti, Macklot's python
- Liasis mackloti savuensis, Savu python
- Liasis olivaceus, olive python
- Liasis olivaceus barroni, Pilbara olive python
- Liasis olivaceus olivaceus, common olive python
- Malayopython
- Malayopython reticulatus, reticulated python
- Malayopython reticulatus jamperanus, Kayaudi reticulated python or Tanahjampean reticulated python
- Malayopython reticulatus reticulatus, Asiatic reticulated python
- Malayopython reticulatus saputrai, Selayer reticulated python
- Malayopython timoriensis, Timor python
- Malayopython reticulatus, reticulated python
- Morelia
- Morelia boeleni, Boelen's python
- Morelia bredli, Bredl's python
- Morelia carinata, rough-scaled python
- Morelia spilota, carpet python or diamond python
- Morelia spilota cheynei, jungle carpet python
- Morelia spilota imbricata, southwestern carpet python
- Morelia spilota mcdowelli, coastal carpet python
- Morelia spilota metcalfei, inland carpet python
- Morelia spilota spilota, diamond python
- Morelia spilota variegata, northwestern carpet python
- Morelia viridis, green tree python
- Morelia viridis shireenae, southern green tree python
- Morelia viridis viridis, northern green tree python
- Python
- Python anchietae, Angolan python
- Python bivittatus, Burmese python
- Python bivittatus bivittatus, giant Burmese python
- Python bivittatus progschai, dwarf Burmese python
- Python breitensteini, Bornean short-tailed python
- Python brongersmai, Brongersma's short-tailed python
- Python curtus, Sumatran short-tailed python
- Python kyaiktiyo, Myanmar short-tailed python
- Python molurus, Indian python
- Python molurus molurus, Indian python
- Python molurus pimbura, Sri Lankan python
- Python regius, ball python
- Python sebae, African rock python
- Python sebae natalensis, southern African rock python
- Python sebae sebae, northern African rock python
- Simalia
- Simalia amethistina, amethystine python
- Simalia clastolepis, Moluccan python
- Simalia kinghorni, Australian scrub python
- Simalia nauta, Tanimbar python
- Simalia oenpelliensis, Oenpelli python
- Simalia tracyae, Halmahera python
References[]
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Pythonidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
- ^ Harvey MB, Barker DG, Ammerman LK, Chippindale, PT. 2000. Systematics of pythons of the Morelia amethistina complex (Serpentes: Boidae) with the description of three new species. Herpetological Monographs 14: 139-185
- ^ Keogh JS, Barker DG, Shine, R. 2001. Heavily exploited but poorly known: systematics and biogeography of commercially harvested pythons (Python curtus group) in Southeast Asian Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 73:113-129
- ^ Schleip W. 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. Journal of Herpetology, 42: 645–667
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