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Higher TaxaPythonidae, Henophidia, Pythonoidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ball Python, Royal Python
G: Königspython 
SynonymBoa Regia SHAW 1802: 347
Python Bellii GRAY 1842: 44
Python regius — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844: 412
Hortulia regia — SCLATER 1891:5
Python regius — BOULENGER 1893: 88
Python regius — SCHMIDT 1923: 55
Python regius — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 179
Shireenhoserus regia — HOSER 2004
Python regius — SCHLEIP & O’SHEA 2010
Python regius — WALLACH et al. 2014: 620
Python regius — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 382 
DistributionSenegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea (Conakry), Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Togo, Benin, SW Niger (near the border of Benin), Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, N Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Mali, Uganda, Republic of South Sudan (RSS) (Owen 1956)

Type locality: unknown
Type locality: Gambia [GRAY 1842]  
Reproductionoviparous or viviparous (Tinkle & Gibbons 1977) 
TypesSyntype: unlocated (fide STIMSON 1969)
Syntype: BMNH IV 3. 3a. (fide STIMSON 1969) [bellii] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (760 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSee Love (2004) for illustrations of several color variants.

Distribution: not in Liberia fide TRAPE & BALDÉ 2014: 320 
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