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'''''Python''''' is a [[genus]] of constricting snakes in the Banani[[Pythonidae]] [[Family (biology)|family]] native to the [[tropics]] and subtropics of the [[Eastern Hemisphere]].<ref name="McD99">{{cite book |last1=McDiarmid |first1=R. W. |last2=Campbell |first2=J. A. |last3=Touré |first3=T. |year=1999 |title=Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1 |___location=Washington, DC |publisher=Herpetologists' League |isbn=1893777014 |chapter=''Python'' }}</ref>
 
The name ''python'' was proposed by [[François Marie Daudin]] in 1803 for non-venomous flecked snakes.<ref name=Daudin>{{cite book |last1=Daudin |first1=F. M. |year=1803 |title=Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles. Tome 8 |___location=Paris |publisher=De l'Imprimerie de F. Dufart |page=384 |chapter=''Python'' |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturel181802daud/page/384}}</ref>