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'''''Python''''' is a [[genus]] of constricting [[Snake|snakessnake]]s in the [[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>

Currently, 10 python [[species]] are recognized as [[Valid name (zoology)|valid]] [[taxa]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barker |first1=D. G. |last2=Barker |first2=T. M. |last3=Davis |first3=M. A. |last4=Schuett |first4=G. W. |year=2015 |title=A review of the systematics and taxonomy of Pythonidae: an ancient serpent lineage |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=175 |issue=1 |pages=1−19 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12267 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274892692|doi-access=free }}</ref>

Three formerly considered python subspecies have been promoted, and a new species recognized.{{since when|date=September 2022}}