Family Pythonidae (Noun)
Meaning
In some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Some taxonomists group the Indian python within the family Pythonidae rather than the family Boidae.
- Taxonomists classify pythons in the family Pythonidae and boas in the family Boidae in some classifications.
- Some authors have treated Pythonidae as a distinct family from Boidae due to unique morphological features.
- This phylogenetic classification shows the Pythonidae family being more closely related to Boidae.
- Many phylogenetic classifications split boas and pythons into the families Boidae and Pythonidae.