The ''' dwarf Burmese python''' (''Python bivittatus progschai'') is island based[[insular dwarf]] subspecies of the [[Burmese python]] (''Python bivittatus bivittatus''). The dwarf Burmese is native to the Indonesian islands of [[Java]], [[Bali]], [[Sumbawa]], and [[Sulawesi]]. The dwarf subspecies seems to have a maximum length of {{convert|8.2|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="LangVogel">de Lang R, Vogel G (2005). ''The Snakes of Sulawesi: A Field Guide to the Land Snakes of Sulawesi with Identification Keys''. Frankfurt Contributions to Natural History Band 25, Edition Chimaira 2005. {{ISBN|3-930612-85-2}}. pp. 23-27, 198-201.</ref> In 2009, the dwarf Burmese python was officially recognized as subspecies of the Burmese python.<ref>{{cite journal