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    Species Accepted

    Python sebae (Gmelin, 1789)

    African (Rock) Python

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      ArgentinaNo
      United States of AmericaNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      26 results
      African (Rock) Python English
      African Rock Python English
      Central African Rock Python English
      Felsenpython German
      Hiërogliefenslang Dutch
      Klippepyton Norwegian Bokmål
      Luislang Afrikaans
      Noordelijke rotspython Dutch
      Northern African python English
      Nördlicher Felsenpython German

      Treatments

      3 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      139 results
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      Observation.org contributors. 2018. "Download species lists". Observation.org, Nature observations form around the world. est. 2008. Hisko de Vries (man). Observation International Foundation. https://observation.org/download.php?lang=en&local=xx
      Perry, & Gad. (2022). The Black Mambas of the Balule Nature Reserve and Other Notes on the Limpopo Region of Southern Africa. Reptiles & Amphibians 29: 17–24.
      Lobón-Rovira, Javier; Ninda L. Baptista, Tyron Clark, Luke Verburgt, Greg Jongsma, Werner Conradie, Luis Veríssimo & Pedro Vaz Pinto. (2025). Filling the gaps: herpetological checklist of Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province (Angola) shed light on one of the most unexplored corners of tropical Central Africa,. African Journal of Herpetology,.
      Biswas, A., Ghosh, A., & Agashe, M. (2025). In ’hot’pursuit: exploring the evolutionary ecology of labial pits in boas and pythons. Proceedings B, 292(2045), 20250199.
      Trape, J.-F. & Mané, Y. (2004). Les serpents des environs de Bandafassi (Sénégal oriental). Bull. Soc. Herp. France 109: 5-34.
      Barnett, Linda K. & Emms, Craig. (2005). Common reptiles of The Gambia. Rare Repro, Hailsham, East Sussex, 24 Pp.
      Trape J-F and Mané, Y. (2015). The snakes of Niger. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 9(2) [Special Section]: 39–55 (E110).
      Loveridge, A. (1957). Check list of the reptiles and amphibians of east Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 117 (2): 153-362.
      Kluge, Arnold G. (1993). Aspidites and the phylogeny of Pythonine snakes. Rec. Austral. Mus. (Supplement 19): 1-77.

      Citation

      Python sebae (Gmelin, 1789) in undefined