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Taxonomy and Family
Where Python regius sits in the larger tree of life, and why that matters for keepers.
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Squamata — lizards and snakes |
| Suborder | Serpentes — snakes |
| Family | Pythonidae — the pythons (Old World constrictors that lay eggs) |
| Genus | Python |
| Species | Python regius |
| Closest hobby relatives | Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus, formerly Python reticulatus), Burmese python (Python bivittatus), African rock python (Python sebae), Angolan python (Python anchietae) |
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