Family Pythonidae Fitzinger 1826 (python)
Reptilia - Squamata - Pythonidae
Alternative spelling: Pythoninae
Parent taxon: Henophidia according to N. Vidal and S. B. Hedges 2002
See also Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Lee and Scanlon 2002, Longrich et al. 2012, Perrier 1928, Scanlon 2001, Scanlon and Mackness 2002 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Bolyeriidae, Calabariidae, Coprophis, Helagras, Loxocemidae, Xenopeltidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
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