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Common name Geographic range [1] Antaresia: Wells & Wellington, 1984 4 2 Children's pythons Australia in arid and tropical regions Apodora [17] Kluge, 1993 1 0 Papuan python Papua New Guinea Aspidites: W. Peters, 1877 2 0 pitless pythons Australia, except in the southern parts of the country Bothrochilus: Fitzinger, 1843 1 0 Bismarck ringed python
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis. Contents:
Python is a genus of constricting snakes in the Pythonidae family native to the tropics and subtropics of the Eastern Hemisphere. [1] The name python was proposed by François Marie Daudin in 1803 for non-venomous flecked snakes. [2] Currently, 10 python species are recognized as valid taxa. [3]
The generic name Python was proposed by François Marie Daudin in 1803 for non-venomous flecked snakes. [5] Between 1830 and 1849, several generic names were proposed for the same zoological specimen described by Shaw, including Enygrus by Johann Georg Wagler, Cenchris and Hertulia by John Edward Gray. Gray also described four specimens that ...
This is the case with proposed names which are sometimes cited, such as the Papuan Morelia spilota harrisoni , [16] despite being unaccepted or invalid. [17] Common names are regional variants of carpet and diamond python or snake. [18] [19] The following is an incomplete list of synonyms: [12] [5] [Coluber] Arges - Linnaeus, 1758
This is a list of all extant genera, species, and subspecies of the snakes of the family Pythonidae, otherwise referred to as pythonids or true pythons.It follows the taxonomy currently provided by ITIS, [1] which is based on the continuing work of Roy McDiarmid [2] and has been updated with additional recently described species.
It is also known by the common names black-tailed python, [4] Indian rock python, and Asian rock python. [5] [6] Although smaller than its close relative the Burmese python, it is still among the largest snakes in the world. It is generally lighter colored than the Burmese python and reaches usually 3 m (9 ft 10 in). [7]
Antaresia is a genus of pythons, nonvenomous snakes in the family Pythonidae.The genus is native to Australasia.The genus is known by the common name Children's pythons, the name of the type species, Antaresia childreni.