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Snakes (Serpentes)    Genera Antaresia Australian Dwarf Pythons Aspidites Shield-headed Pythons Bothrochilus Bismarck Ringed Python Leiopython White-lipped Pythons Liasis Water Pythons and Australian Olive Python Malayopython Malayan Pythons Morelia Carpet Pythons and allies Nyctophilopython Oenpelli Rock Python Python Typical Pythons Simalia Scrub Pythons

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: September 10th, 2025. Biodiversity of the family Pythonidae Bibliography of the family Pythonidae Pythonidae Pythons Pythons     Pytoner Contents: Endemicity: 10 genera of which 3 (30.0%) are endemic   0% 100% 40 species of which 21 (52.5%) are endemic   0% 100% Remarks: Previously regarded as a subfamily of Boidae (e.g., Stimson 1969; Smith, Smith & Sawin 1977; Goin, Goin & Zug 1978). The genus Calabaria was transferred to the family Boidae by Kluge (1993), however, some authors place this genus in a separate family, Calabariidae (e.g., Zheng & Wiens 2016). Distribution:  Africa, S. Asia, Malay Archipelago, Australia. Reported from: Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Meristic and other data of the world's snakes. Compiled by V. Wallach Key to abbreviations Head drawings of the world's snakes (menu). Compiled by V. Wallach