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[[File:Praeneste - Nile Mosaic - Section 1a - Detail.jpg|thumb|right|alt=mosaic coiled snake in yellowish colour|A Roman mosaic showing a Central African rock python from the southern Nile]]

The Central African rock python is found throughout much of tropical sub-Saharan Africa,<ref name=ark9>{{cite journal|author1=[[:fr:William Roy Branch|Branch WR]], Hacke WD |year=1980|jstor=1563557|title= A fatal attack on a young boy by an African rock python Python sebae|journal= Journal of Herpetology|volume= 14|issue=3|pages=305–307|doi=10.2307/1563557}}</ref> from [[Senegal]] east to [[Ethiopia]] and [[Somalia]] and south to northern [[Angola]] and northern [[Tanzania]].<ref name="IUCN">{{cite journal | lastlast1=(Institute | firstfirst1=Luca Luiselli | last2=(IDECC)) | first2=Cooperation | last3=Howell | first3=Kim | last4=Naturkunde | first4=Johannes Penner (Museum für | last5=Institute | first5=Leibniz | last6=Niagate | first6=Bourama | last7=Jallow | first7=Mawdo | last8=Segniagbeto | first8=Gabriel | last9=Beraduccii | first9=Joe | last10=Ngalason | first10=Wilirk | last11=Sciences | first11=Environmental | last12=Witwatersrand | first12=University of the | last13=Africa) | first13=South | title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | date=2019-10-24 | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13300572/13300582 | access-date=2025-07-11 | page=}}</ref><ref name=Collins /> ''P. sebae'' ranges across central and western Africa, while ''P. natalensis'' has a more eastern and southerly range, from southern [[Kenya]] to South Africa.<ref name=Holland />

The Central African rock python inhabits a wide range of habitats, including forest, savanna, grassland, semidesert, and rocky areas. It is particularly associated with areas of permanent water,<ref name=Barron /><ref>Luiselli L, Akani GC, Eniang EA, Politano E (2007). "Comparative ecology and ecological modeling of sympatric pythons, ''Python regius'' and ''Python sebae''. '''In:''' Henderson RW, Powell R (Editors) (2007). ''Biology of the Boas and Pythons''. Eagle Mountain, Utah: EMP Press. {{ISBN|0972015434}}.</ref> and is found on the edges of swamps, lakes, and rivers.<ref name=Holland /><ref name=Collins /> The snake also readily adapts to disturbed habitats, so is often found around human habitation,<ref name=ark9/> especially cane fields.<ref name="Meh87"/>