Python (genus)

Python; Temporal range:
	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
	Python molurus; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	List Python Daudin, 1803; Constrictor Wagler, 1830; Enygrus Wagler, 1830; Engyrus Gray, 1831; Enygris Gray, 1842; Heleionomus Gray, 1842; Morelia Gray, 1842; Hortulia Gray, 1842; Asterophis Fitzinger, 1843; Liasis Duméril & Bibron, 1844; Simalia Gray, 1849; Aspidopython Meyer, 1874; Aspidoboa Sauvage, 1884; Hypaspistes Ogilby, 1891;

Python is a genus of constricting snakes in the Pythonidae family native to the tropics and subtropics of the Eastern Hemisphere.

The name python was proposed by François Marie Daudin in 1803 for non-venomous flecked snakes. Currently, 10 python species are recognized as valid taxa.

Three formerly considered python subspecies have been promoted, and a new species recognized.

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