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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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In 1993, seven python species were recognized as valid taxa.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Kluge, A. G. |year=1993 |title=Aspidites and the phylogeny of pythonine snakes |journal=Records of the Australian Museum |issue=Supplement 19 |pages=1–77}}</ref>
On the basis of [[phylogenetic]] analyses, between seven and 13 python species are recognized.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Lawson, R. |author2=Slowinski, J. B. |author3=Burbrink, F. T. |year=2004 |title=A molecular approach to discerning the phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic snake ''Xenophidion schaeferi'' among the Alethinophidia |journal=Journal of Zoology |volume=263 |issue=3 |pages=285–294 |doi=10.1017/s0952836904005278 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Reynolds, R. G. |author2=Niemiller, M. L. |author3=Revell, L. J. |year=2014 |title=Toward a tree-of-life for the boas and pythons: multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=71 |issue=71 |pages=201–213|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011 |pmid=24315866 |bibcode=2014MolPE..71..201G }}</ref>
 
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|[[Least Concern|{{IUCN status|LC|192169}}]]<ref name=iucn_brongersmai>{{cite iucn |title=''Python brongersmai'' |name-list-style=amp |author=Grismer, L. |author2=Chan-Ard, T. |year=2012 |page=e.T192169A2050353 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192169A2050353.en |access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref><br>[[File:Geographic_distributions-Python.curtus-brongersmai-breitensteini.jpg|frameless]]<br>Range shown in red
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|[[Python kyaiktiyo|Myanmar short-tailed python]] (''P. kyaiktiyo''; Zug, Gotte & Jacobs, 2011)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zug |first1=G. R. |last2=Gotte |first2=S. W. |last3=Jacobs |first3=J. F. |year=2011 |title=Pythons in Burma: Short-tailed python (Reptilia: Squamata) |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=124 |issue=2 |pages=112−136 |doi=10.2988/10-34.1 |bibcode=2011PBSW..124..112Z |s2cid=86424371 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232683390}}</ref>
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|[[Vulnerable species|{{IUCN status|VU|199854}}]]<ref name=iucn_kyaiktiyo>{{cite iucn |title=''Python kyaiktiyo'' |name-list-style=amp |author=Wogan, G. |author2=Chan-Ard, T. |year=2012 |page=e.T199854A2614411 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T199854A2614411.en |access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref><br>West of the [[Tenasserim Hills]], [[Myanmar]]<ref name=iucn_kyaiktiyo/>
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=== Invasive ===
Some suggest that ''P. bivittatus'' and ''P. sebae'' have the potential to be problematic invasive species in South [[Florida]].<ref name="SD">{{Cite news |title=Python Snakes, An Invasive Species In Florida, Could Spread To One Third Of US |date=2008 |work=ScienceDaily |access-date=2017-08-01 |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080223111456.htm}}</ref> In early 2016, after a culling operation yielded 106 pythons, [[Everglades National Park]] officials suggested that "thousands" may live within the park, and that the species has been breeding there for some years. More recent data suggest that these pythons would not withstand winter climates north of Florida, contradicting previous research suggesting a more significant geographic potential range.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Avery |first1=M. L. |last2=Engeman |first2=R. M. |last3=Keacher |first3=K. L. |last4=Humphrey |first4=J. S. |last5=Bruce |first5=W. E. |last6=Mathies |first6=T. C. |last7=Mauldin |first7=R. E. |year=2010 |title=Cold weather and the potential range of invasive Burmese pythons |journal=Biological Invasions |volume=12 |issue=11 |pages=3649−3652 |doi=10.1007/s10530-010-9761-4|bibcode=2010BiInv..12.3649A |s2cid=2060365 |url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1859&context=icwdm_usdanwrc |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
 
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