'''Python''' is the common name for a group of non-[[Venom (poison)|venomous]] constricting snakes[[snake]]s, specifically the family Pythonidae. Other sources consider this group a subfamily of the [[Boa]]s (Pythoni'''n'''ae). Pythons are more related to boas than to any other snake-family. There is also a [[genus]] within Pythonidae which carries the name ''[[Python (genus)|Python]]'' ([[Francois-Marie Daudin|Daudin]], 1803). Pythons are distinguishable from boas in that they have teeth on the premaxilla, a small bone at the very front and center of the upper jaw. Most boas produce live young, while pythons produce eggs. Some species of sandboas (Ericinae) are also called python.
