Calabar python

Calabar python
Calabar python at Louisville Zoo, Louisville, Kentucky
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Calabarinae
Genus: Calabaria
Gray, 1858
Species:
C. reinhardtii
Binomial name
Calabaria reinhardtii
(Schlegel, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Eryx reinhardtii Schlegel, 1851
  • Calabaria fusca Gray, 1858
  • Rhoptrura reinhardtii W. Peters, 1861
  • Roptrura petiti Sauvage, 1884
  • Calabaria reinhardti Boulenger, 1893
  • Calabaria reinhardtii Stimson, 1969
  • Charina reinhardtii Kluge, 1993

The Calabar python (Calabaria reinhardtii) is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Boidae. The species is endemic to West and Central Africa. It is the only species in its genus.

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