Pythonidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Henophidia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Henophidia

Familia: Pythonidae

Genera (8): Antaresia – Aspidites – Bothrochilus – Malayopython – Liasis – Morelia – Python – Simalia

Name

Pythonidae Fitzinger, 1826

References

• Barker, D. G., Barker, T. M., Davis, M. A. & Schuett, G. W. 2015. A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (1): 1-19; doi: 10.1111/zoj.12267
• Rawlings, L.H. et al. 2008: Python phylogenetics: inference from morphology and mitochondrial DNA. Biological journal of the Linnean Society 93(3): 603-619. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00904.x Reference page. 
• Schleip, W.D.; O'Shea, M. 2010: Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution. ZooKeys 66: 29-79. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.66.683 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Akan: Nanka
беларуская: Пітоны
বাংলা: অজগর
Cymraeg: Peithon
Deutsch: Python
English: Python
español: Pitón
français: Python
hrvatski: Pitoni
日本語: ニシキヘビ亜科
македонски: Питони
नेपाली: Ajhingar
Nederlands: Python
norsk: Pyton
polski: Pytony
русский: Питоны
SiSwati: Inhlâtfu
ไทย: งูหลาม, งูเหลือม
Türkçe: Pitonlar
українська: Пітони
中文: Python