Calabar python

The Calabar python (Calabaria reinhardtii) is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Boidae. The species is endemic to West and Central Africa. It is the only species in its genus.

Calabar python
Calabar python at Louisville Zoo, Louisville, Kentucky
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Calabaria
Gray, 1858
Species:
C. reinhardtii
Binomial name
Calabaria reinhardtii
(Schlegel, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Eryx reinhardtii
    — Schlegel, 1851
  • Calabaria fusca
    — Gray, 1858
  • Rhoptrura reinhardtii
    — W. Peters, 1861
  • Roptrura petiti
    — Sauvage, 1884
  • Calabaria reinhardti
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Calabaria reinhardtii
    — Stimson, 1969
  • [Charina] reinhardtii
    — Kluge, 1993
Common names: Calabar ground boa, burrowing boa, Calabar boa, more.
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