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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. Reticulated python - Wikipedia

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    The reticulated python is among the few snakes that prey on humans, and is the only species of snake where video and photographic proof exists of them having consumed humans. In 2015, the species was added to the Lacey Act of 1900 , prohibiting import and interstate transport due to its "injurious" history with humans. [ 44 ]

  4. Morelia spilota - Wikipedia

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    Morelia spilota, commonly known as the carpet python, is a large snake of the family Pythonidae found in Australia, New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea), ...

  5. Burmese python swallows 77-pound deer, proving they can eat ...

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    Over the past 12 years, roughly 770 pythons have been removed by the Conservancy’s team. Dr. Jayne estimates that if each of the snakes ate one deer as big as they can swallow, it would come out ...

  6. 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.

  7. Burmese python - Wikipedia

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    The Burmese python is a dark-colored non-venomous snake with many brown blotches bordered by black down the back. In the wild, Burmese pythons typically grow to 5 m (16 ft), [5] [6] while specimens of more than 7 m (23 ft) are unconfirmed. [7]

  8. Loxocemus - Wikipedia

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    Loxocemus bicolor, [4] the sole member of the monotypic family Loxocemidae [5] and commonly known as the Mexican python, [5] Mexican burrowing python [6] and Mexican burrowing snake, is a species of python-like snake found in Mexico and Central America. No subspecies are currently recognized. [7]

  9. Morelia spilota spilota - Wikipedia

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    Morelia spilota spilota is a subspecies of carpet python (Morelia spilota), popularly known as the diamond python. It is a medium to large snake, found in coastal areas and adjacent ranges of south-eastern Australia. It is the most southerly occurring python in the world and is found at higher altitudes than any other species of Australian python.