Pythonidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pythonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Henophidia Superfamilia: Pythonoidea

Familia: Pythonidae
Genera (10): Antaresia – Aspidites – Bothrochilus – Leiopython – Liasis – Malayopython – Morelia – Nyctophilopython – 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 Reference page.
Rawlings, L.H., Rabosky, D.L., Donnellan, S.C. & Hutchinson, M.N. 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.
Reynolds, R.G., Niemiller, M.L. & Revell, L.J. 2014. Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 201–213. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011 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

ak: Nanka
беларуская: Пітоны
বাংলা: অজগর
Cymraeg: Peithon
Deutsch: Python
English: Python
español: Pitón
français: Python
hrvatski: Pitoni
italiano: Pitone
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