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    Species Accepted

    Python regius (Shaw, 1802)

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 10 countries or islands

      10 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      ArgentinaNo
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      ColombiaNo
      EcuadorNo
      Saint Martin (French part)No
      MexicoYes
      PolandNo
      South AfricaNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      27 results
      Ball Python English
      Karališkasis Pitonas Lithuanian
      Koningspython Dutch
      Königspython German
      Pitone palla Italian
      Pitone reale Italian
      Pitón Bola Spanish
      Pitón real africana Spanish
      Python Royal French
      Python boule French

      Treatments

      2 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      137 results
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      Koerber, Erich, & Christian Bittner. (2010). Ein paar Gedanken zur Fütterung von Riesenschlangen. Draco 11 (44): 23-25.
      Broghammer, S. (2013). Nicht tierschutzgerecht? Anmerkungen zur Rack-Haltung von Königspythons. Reptilia (Münster) 18 (104): 26-29.
      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.
      Klein-Kiskamp, P. (1989). In spite of everything breeding with Python regius. Litteratura Serpentium 9 (2): 68-74.
      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).

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