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| name = Central African rock python

| image = African Rock Python constricting a Cormorant, Lake Naivasha, Kenya.jpg

| image_caption = Central African rock python after hunting a cormorant, [[Lake Naivasha]], Kenya

| status = NT

| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Alexander, G.J. |author2=Tolley, K.A. |author3=Penner, J. |author4=Luiselli, L. |author5=Jallow, M. |author6=Segniagbeto, G. |author7=Niagate, B. |author8=Howell, K. |author9=Beraduccii, J. |author10=Msuya, C.A. |author11=Ngalason, W. |year=2021 |title=''Python sebae'' |page=e.T13300572A13300582 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13300572A13300582.en}}</ref>

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[[File:Praeneste - Nile Mosaic - Section 1a - Detail.jpg|thumb|right|alt=mosaic coiled snake in yellowish colour|A Roman mosaic showing a Central African rock python from the southern Nile]]

The Central African rock python is found throughout much of tropical sub-Saharan Africa,<ref name=ark9>{{cite journal|author1author-link1=[[:fr:William Roy Branch |last1=Branch |first1=WR]], |last2=Hacke |first2=WD |year=1980 |jstor=1563557 |title= A fatal attack on a young boy by an African rock python Python sebae |journal= Journal of Herpetology |volume=14 14|issue=3 |pages=305–307 |doi=10.2307/1563557}}</ref> from [[Senegal]] east to [[Ethiopia]] and [[Somalia]] and south to northern [[Angola]] and northern [[Tanzania]].<ref name="IUCN">{{cite journal | last=(Institute | first=Luca Luiselli | last2=(IDECC)) | first2=Cooperation | last3=Howell | first3=Kim | last4=Naturkunde | first4=Johannes Penner (Museum für | last5=Institute | first5=Leibniz | last6=Niagate | first6=Bourama | last7=Jallow | first7=Mawdo | last8=Segniagbeto | first8=Gabriel | last9=Beraduccii | first9=Joe | last10=Ngalason | first10=Wilirk | last11=Sciences | first11=Environmental | last12=Witwatersrand | first12=University of the | last13=Africa) | first13=South | title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | date=2019-10-24 | url=https:iucn//www.iucnredlist.org/species/13300572/13300582 | access-date=2025-07-11 | page=}}</ref><ref name=Collins /> ''P. sebae'' ranges across central and western Africa, while ''P. natalensis'' has a more eastern and southerly range, from southern [[Kenya]] to South Africa.<ref name=Holland />

The Central African rock python inhabits a wide range of habitats, including forest, savanna, grassland, semidesert, and rocky areas. It is particularly associated with areas of permanent water,<ref name=Barron /><ref>Luiselli L, Akani GC, Eniang EA, Politano E (2007). "Comparative ecology and ecological modeling of sympatric pythons, ''Python regius'' and ''Python sebae''. '''In:''' Henderson RW, Powell R (Editors) (2007). ''Biology of the Boas and Pythons''. Eagle Mountain, Utah: EMP Press. {{ISBN|0972015434}}.</ref> and is found on the edges of swamps, lakes, and rivers.<ref name=Holland /><ref name=Collins /> The snake also readily adapts to disturbed habitats, so is often found around human habitation,<ref name=ark9/> especially cane fields.<ref name="Meh87"/>