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  2. Pythonidae - Wikipedia

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    The taxonomy of pythons has evolved, and they are now more closely related to sunbeam snakes and the Mexican burrowing python. Pythons are poached for their meat and skin, leading to a billion-dollar global trade. They can carry diseases, such as salmonella and leptospirosis, which can be transmitted to humans.

  3. Pythonoidea - Wikipedia

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    The taxonomy of pythons, boas, and other henophidian snakes has long been debated, and ultimately the decision whether to assign a particular clade to a particular Linnaean rank (such as a superfamily, family, or subfamily) is arbitrary.

  4. Apodora - Wikipedia

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    The Papuan python is a large snake, with adults growing to an average length of 4 meters (13 ft) [6] and some specimens growing to lengths of over 5 meters (16 ft). [citation needed] However, they are not nearly as heavy-bodied as most other pythons, typically weighing only about 22.5 kilograms (50 lb). [6]

  5. List of pythonid species and subspecies - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Woma python - Wikipedia

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    Snakes of the genus Aspidites lack the heat-sensing pits of all other pythons. A. ramsayi is similar in appearance to A. melanocephalus , but without an obvious neck. The coloration or desire to locate this species may lead to confusion with the venomous species Pseudonaja nuchalis , commonly known as the gwardar.

  7. 12-foot invasive python was 100 miles farther north than ...

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    A nearly 12-foot Burmese python was caught in Brevard County, Florida, which is about 100 miles farther north than expected for the troublesome invasive snakes, according to the Florida Fish and ...

  8. Snake or steak? Study says pythons could could save the ... - AOL

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    Over a 12-month period, the researchers involved in the study analyzed two species of pythons — Burmese and reticulated — on farms in Thailand and Vietnam, where the snake meat is already ...

  9. Python (genus) - Wikipedia

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    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]