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|famiglia='''Pythonidae'''<br/><span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|[[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]]</span>, [[|1826]]}}
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I '''pitoni''' ('''''Pythonidae''''' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|[[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]]</span>, [[|1826]]}}) sono una [[famiglia (tassonomia)|famiglia]] di [[Serpentes|serpenti]] diffusa in [[Africa]], [[Asia]] e [[Australia]]. Tra i suoi membri figurano alcuni dei serpenti più grandi del mondo. Attualmente sono riconosciuti 8 [[Genere (tassonomia)|generi]] e 40 [[specie]].<ref name=reptdb>{{cita web |url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?taxon=Pythonidae&exact%5B0%5D=taxon&submit=Search |titolo=Pythonidae |opera=The Reptile DataBase |accesso=29 luglio 2014}}</ref>
== Distribuzione e habitat ==
**''[[Antaresia stimsoni]]'' (Smith, 1985)
* ''[[Aspidites]]''
**''[[Aspidites melanocephalus]]'' (<span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Krefft</span>, |1864}})
**''[[Aspidites ramsayi]]'' (<span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Macleay</span>, |1882}})
* ''[[Bothrochilus]]''
**''[[Bothrochilus albertisii]]'' (Peters & Doria, 1878)
**''[[Morelia viridis]]'' (Schlegel, 1872)
*''[[Python (zoologia)|Python]]''
**''[[Python anchietae]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Bocage</span>, |1887}}
**''[[Python bivittatus]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Kuhl</span>, |1820}}
**''[[Python breitensteini]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Steindachner</span>, |1881}}
**''[[Python brongersmai]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Stull</span>, |1938}}
**''[[Python curtus]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Schlegel</span>, |1872}}
**''[[Python kyaiktiyo]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Zug, Gotte & Jacobs</span>, |2011}}
**''[[Python molurus]]'' (<span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Linnaeus</span>, |1758}})
**''[[Python natalensis]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Smith</span>, |1840}}
**''[[Python regius]]'' (<span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Shaw</span>, |1802}})
**''[[Python sebae]]'' (<span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Gmelin</span>, |1789}})
*''[[Simalia]]''
**''[[Simalia amethistina]]'' (Schneider, 1801)
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