Python (genus)
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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]
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Python | |
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Burmese python (Python bivittatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pythonidae |
Genus: | Python Daudin, 1803 |
Type species | |
Boa molura[citation needed] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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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]
Three formerly considered python subspecies have been promoted, and a new species recognized.[when?]