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Pythonidae  Fitzinger, 1826
Taxonomic Serial No.: 563893

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Pythons [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyPythonidae Fitzinger, 1826 – Pythons  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Genus Antaresia Wells and Wellington, 1984 – Childrens Python 
                                     Genus Apodora Kluge, 1993  
                                     Genus Aspidites W. C. H. Peters, 1877  
                                     Genus Bothrochilus Fitzinger, 1843  
                                     Genus Liasis Gray, 1842  
                                     Genus Malayopython Reynolds, Niemiller and Revell, 2013  
                                     Genus Morelia Gray, 1842  
                                     Genus Python Daudin, 1803 – Pythons 
                                     Genus Simalia Gray, 1849  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Reptile Database (2019), website (version 09-Jul-19)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Pythonidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Barker, David G., Tracy M. Barker, Mark A. Davis, and Gordon W. Schuett  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, vol. 175   
  Page(s): 1-19   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1096-3642   
  Notes: DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12267   
  Reference for: Pythonidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xi + 511   
  Publisher: The Herpetologists' League   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-893777-01-4, 1-893777-00-6  
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  Reference for: Pythonidae   
       

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