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Family Boidae: PYTHON, pi'thon, in classical mythology, an enormous serpent—hence the name "python" (q.v.) given to certain great snakes of the family Boidae. Python's mother was Gaea (Earth), who conceived it parthenogenetically from the slime covering the earth after the Flood. Python lived in a cave on Mount Parnassus, Greece, and guarded the oracle of Delphi on that mountain's southern slope.
PYTHON, any of the snakes in six genera, including those of the genus Python, that comprise the subfamily Pythoninae. These primitive constrictors, fewer than 20 species, are grouped with the boas in the family Boidae. Though pythons are restricted to moist tropical habitats in the Eastern Hemisphere, they are widely distributed in Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and several adjacent islands. The largest snake in each of these continents is a member of the genus Python, but not all pythons are large.
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