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Pythonidae (python)
Taxonomy
Pythoninae was named by Fitzinger (1826). It is extant.
It was reranked as the family Pythonidae by Vidal and Hedges (2002).
It was assigned to Alethinophidia by Fitzinger (1826); to Henophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002); to Booidea by Lee and Scanlon (2002); and to Macrostomata by Longrich et al. (2012).
It was reranked as the family Pythonidae by Vidal and Hedges (2002).
It was assigned to Alethinophidia by Fitzinger (1826); to Henophidia by Vidal and Hedges (2002); to Booidea by Lee and Scanlon (2002); and to Macrostomata by Longrich et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1826 | Pythoninae Fitzinger |
| 2002 | Pythoninae Lee and Scanlon |
| 2002 | Pythonidae Vidal and Hedges p. 983 |
| 2012 | Pythoninae Longrich et al. |
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