Meet The Pythonidae

Hey Defenders! Pythons are one of the longest group of animals on the planet! Get it? The Longest!! The python group varies from some smaller, slender tree dwellers to some massive beasts that get over 15 feet long. We want you guys to be able to explore the world of pythons and so we have built a list of all the current recognized species in the python family. Check it out below!

List of Python Species!

Apodora

Papuan olive python

Aspidites

Black-headed python
Woma python

Antaresia

Children's python
Spotted python
Pygmy python
Stimson's python

Bothrochilus

D'Albertis' python
Parker's white-lipped python
Huon white-lipped python
Southern white-lipped python
Wau white-lipped python
Bismark ringed python
Biak white-lipped python

Morelia

Boelen's python
Bredl's python
Southwestern carpet python
Coastal carpet python
Inland carpet python
Rough-scaled python
Carpet python
Northwestern carpet python
Green Tree Python
Jungle carpet python
Diamond python

Python

Brongersma's short-tailed python
Sumatran short-tailed python
Myanmar short-tailed python
Angolan python
Burmese python
Giant Burmese python
African rock python
Southern African rock python
African rock python
Dwarf Burmese python
Bornean short-tailed python
Indian python
Indian python
Sri Lankan python
Ball python

Simalia

Oenpelli python
Halmahera python
Amethystine python
Moluccan python
Australian scrub python
Tanimbar python

Liasis

Water python
Olive python
Pilbara olive python
Olive python
Macklot's python
Macklot's python
Dunn's python
Savu python

Malayopython

Reticulated python
Tanahjampean reticulated python
Selayer reticulated python
Asiatic reticulated python
Timor python

Don't forget to continue exploring the animal kingdom to learn about all the major groups of animals that inhabit our earth! We also have coloring pages for kids, quizzes and animals video games you can try! See you there defenders!

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