- Scientific name
- Pythonoidea
- Rank
- Parent taxon
Overview
On other databases
6 identifiers linking Pythonoidea across the web's reference databases
6 identifiers linking Pythonoidea across the web's reference databases
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The Pythonoidea, also known as pythonoid snakes, are a superfamily of snakes that contains pythons and other closely related python-like snakes. As of 2022, Pythonoidea contains 39 species, including the eponymous genus Python and 10 other genera of pythons, all in the family Pythonidae, as well as two lesser-known families, Loxocemidae and Xenopeltidae.