List of pythonid species and subspecies

Pythonidae
Indian python, P. molurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pythonidae Fitzinger, 1826

This is a list of all genera, species and subspecies of the family Pythonidae, otherwise referred to as pythonids or pythons. It follows the taxonomy of McDiarmid et al. (1999),^[1] which is available online through ITIS.,^[2] updated with additional recently described species.^[3][4][5]

• Antaresia
  • Antaresia childreni, Children's python
  • Antaresia maculosa, Spotted python
  • Antaresia perthensis, Pygmy python
  • Antaresia stimsoni, Stimson's python
• Apodora, Papuan python
  • Apodora papuana, Papuan python
• Aspidites
  • Aspidites melanocephalus, Black-headed python
  • Aspidites ramsayi, Woma
• Bothrochilus, Bismark ringed python
  • Bothrochilus boa, Bismark ringed python
• Leiopython, D'Albert's water python
  • Leiopython albertisii, D'Albert's water python
  • Leiopython bennettorum, Bennett's white-lipped python
  • Leiopython biakensis, Biak white-lipped python
  • Leiopython fredparkeri, Parker's white-lipped python
  • Leiopython hoserae, southern white-lipped python
  • Leiopython huonensis, Huon white-lipped python
• Liasis
  • Liasis fuscus, Brown water python
  • Liasis mackloti, Macklot's python
    • Liasis mackloti mackloti, Macklot's python
    • Liasis mackloti savuensis, Savu python
  • Liasis olivaceus, Olive python
    • Liasis olivaceus barroni, Pilbara olive python
    • Liasis olivaceus olivaceus, Olive python
• Morelia
  • Morelia amethistina, Amethystine python
  • Morelia clastolepis, Moluccan Python
  • Morelia boeleni, Boelen's python
  • Morelia bredli, Bredl's python
  • Morelia carinata, Rough-scaled python
  • Morelia kinghorni, Kinghorn's python
  • Morelia nauta, Tanimbar python
  • Morelia oenpelliensis, Oenpelli python
  • Morelia spilota, Carpet pythons
    • Morelia spilota cheynei, Jungle carpet python
    • Morelia spilota imbricata, Southwestern carpet python
    • Morelia spilota mcdowelli, Coastal carpet python
    • Morelia spilota metcalfei, Inland carpet python
    • Morelia spilota spilota, Diamond python
    • Morelia spilota variegata, Northwestern carpet python
  • Morelia tracyae, Halmahera python
  • Morelia viridis, Green tree python
• Python, Pythons
  • Python anchietae, Angolan python
  • Python bivittatus, Burmese python
    • Python bivittatus progschai, Dwarf Burmese python
  • Python breitensteini, Borneo short-tailed python
  • Python brongersmai, Red blood python
  • Python curtus, Sumatran short-tailed python
  • Python kyaiktiyo, Myanmar short-tailed python
  • Python molurus, Indian python
    • Python molurus molurus, Indian python
  • Python regius, Royal python
  • Python reticulatus, Reticulated python
  • Python sebae, African rock python
    • Python sebae natalensis, Natal rock python
    • Python sebae sebae, African rock python
  • Python timoriensis, Timor python

See also

• Pythonidae by common name
• Pythonidae by taxonomic synonyms

References

1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
2. "Pythonidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
3. Harvey MB, Barker DG, Ammerman LK, Chippindale, PT. 2000. Systematics of pythons of the Morelia amethistina complex (Serpentes: Boidae) with the description of three new species. Herpetological Monographs 14: 139-185
4. Keogh JS, Barker DG, Shine, R. 2001. Heavily exploited but poorly known: systematics and biogeography of commercially harvested pythons (Python curtus group) in Southeast Asian Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 73:113-129
5. Schleip W. 2008. Revision of the genus Leiopython Hubrecht 1879 (Serpentes: Pythonidae) with the redescription of taxa recently described by Hoser (2000) and the description of new species. Journal of Herpetology, 42: 645–667