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Pythonidae (python)
Taxonomy
Pythoninae was named by Fitzinger (1826). It is extant.
It was reranked as the family Pythonidae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Zittel (1890) and Vidal and Hedges (2002).
It was assigned to Alethinophidia by Fitzinger (1826); to Peropoda by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Ophidia by Zittel (1890); to Boidae by Perrier (1928), Kuhn (1946) and Kuhn (1966); to Henophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002); to Booidea by Scanlon (2001) and Lee and Scanlon (2002); and to Macrostomata by Longrich et al. (2012).
It was reranked as the family Pythonidae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Zittel (1890) and Vidal and Hedges (2002).
It was assigned to Alethinophidia by Fitzinger (1826); to Peropoda by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Ophidia by Zittel (1890); to Boidae by Perrier (1928), Kuhn (1946) and Kuhn (1966); to Henophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002); to Booidea by Scanlon (2001) and Lee and Scanlon (2002); and to Macrostomata by Longrich et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1826 | Pythoninae Fitzinger |
| 1871 | Pythonidae Cope p. 238 |
| 1875 | Pythonidae Cope p. 21 |
| 1890 | Pythonidae Zittel p. 628 |
| 1928 | Pythoninae Perrier p. 3102 |
| 1946 | Pythoninae Kuhn p. 62 |
| 1966 | Pythoninae Kuhn p. 63 |
| 2001 | Pythoninae Scanlon p. 6 |
| 2002 | Pythoninae Lee and Scanlon |
| 2002 | Pythonidae Vidal and Hedges p. 983 |
| 2012 | Pythoninae Longrich et al. |
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Fm. Pythonidae Fitzinger 1826 [python]
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G. Liasis Gray 1842
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†Liasis dubudingala Scanlon and Mackness 2002
Liasis olivacea Gray 1842 [olive python]
G. Morelia Gray 1842
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†Morelia riversleighensis Smith and Plane 1985
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Invalid names: Morelia antiqua Smith and Plane 1985 [synonym]
Morelia spilota Lacépède 1804 [carpet python]
Invalid names: Montypythonoides Smith and Plane 1985 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. Perrier 1928 | Un os supra-orbitaire de chaque côté, entre le pré- et le post-frontal, de part et d'autre du frontal. Plaques sous-caudales le plus souvent bisériées. |