Python

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Henophidia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Henophidia

Familia: Pythonidae
Subfamilia: Pythoninae
Genus: Python
Species (10): P. anchietae – P. bivittatus – P. breitensteini – P. brongersmai – P. curtus – P. kyaiktiyo – P. molurus – P. natalensis – P. regius – P. sebae – †P. europaeus

Name

Python Daudin, 1803

Synonyms

Enygrus Wagler, 1830
?Heleionomus Gray, 1842
Aspidoboa Sauvage, 1884
Shireenhoserus Hoser, 2004

References

Schleip, W.D.; O'Shea, M. 2010: Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution. ZooKeys, 66: 29–79. ISSN: 1313-2970 (online) ISSN: 1313-2989 (print) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.66.683
Zug, G.R., Gotte, S.W., & Jacobs, J.F. 2011: Pythons in Burma: short-tailed python (Reptilia: Squamata). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 124 (2): 112–136. DOI: 10.2988/10-34.1

Vernacular names

ak: Onyini / Onaka
অসমীয়া: অজগৰ
беларуская: Сапраўдныя пітоны
Deutsch: Eigentliche Pythons
English: Pythons
ગુજરાતી: અજગર
हिन्दी: अजगर
日本語: ニシキヘビ属
ไทย: งูหลาม, งูเหลือม