Pythonidae: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:33, 24 August 2025

Revision as of 22:12, 24 August 2025

Line 8:

| authority = [[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]], 1826

| synonyms = * Pythonoidia - Fitzinger, 1826

* Pythonoidei -– Eichwald, 1831

* Holodonta -– Müller, 1832

* Pythonina -– Bonaparte, 1840

* Pythophes -– Fitzinger, 1843

* Pythoniens -– A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844

* Holodontes -– A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844

* Pythonides -– A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844

* Pythones -– Cope, 1861

* Pythonidae -– Cope, 1864

* Peropodes -– Meyer, 1874

* Chondropythonina -– Boulenger, 1879

* Pythoninae -– Boulenger, 1890

* Pythonini -– Underwood & Stimson, 1990

* Moreliini -– Underwood & Stimson, 1990<ref name="McD99">{{cite book|last1=McDiarmid|first1=Roy W. |last2=Campbell|first2=Jonathan A. |last3=Touré|first3=T'Shaka A. |title=Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQOuswEACAAJ|volume=1|year=1999|publisher=Herpetologists' League|isbn=978-1-893777-01-9}}</ref>

}}{{More citations needed|date=November 2022}}

[[File:LRMEXPORT 187433861073166 20200523 062423632a.jpg|alt=pythons|thumb|Indian python (''[[Python molurus]]'')]]

Line 163:

=== Traditional use ===

==== Skin ====

Python skin has traditionally been used as the attire of choice for medicine men and healers.<ref name="AlexanderMoshoeu2016">{{cite journal|last1=Alexander|first1=Graham J.|last2=Moshoeu|first2=Thibedi J.|last3=Williams|first3=Vivienne L.|title=Reptiles sold as traditional medicine in Xipamanine and Xiquelene Markets (Maputo, Mozambique)|journal=South African Journal of Science|volume=112|issue= 7/8|year=2016|page=9 |issn=0038-2353|doi=10.17159/sajs.2016/20150416|doi-access=free}}</ref> Typically, [[South Africa]]n [[Zulu people|Zulu]] traditional healers will use python skin in ceremonial regalia.<ref name="AlexanderMoshoeu2016" /> Pythons are viewed by the Zulu tradition to be a sign of power. This is likely why the skin is worn by traditional healers. Healers are seen as all-powerful since they have a wealth of knowledge, as well as accessibility to the ancestors.<ref name="AlexanderMoshoeu2016" />

==== Fat ====