Northern African Rock Python
Python sebae
(Gmelin, 1788)
PAI-thon — SEE-bee
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to sub-Saharan Africa from Kenya and Tanzania west to Mali and Mauritania. It was introduced via the pet trade in Sarasota and Miami-Dade counties, Florida, and is established in western Miami near US Highway 41 and Krome Avenue, (Reed et al., 2010, Reptiles & Amphibians 17: 52–54; Mendyk et al., 2016, Reptiles & Amphibians 23: 16–20; Krysko et al., 2019, Python sebae. Pages 458–460 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2025.03.30.20.22.13)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Florida
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1788
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Gmelin, Johann F. Caroli a Linné. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tom. I. Pars III. [Charles from Linnaeus. The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Volume 1. Part 3.] Impensis Georg Emanuel Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig], Germany. 1035pp.
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2010
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Reed, Robert N., Kenneth L. Krysko, Ray W. Snow, and Gordon H. Rodda. Is the Northern African Python (Python sebae) established in southern Florida. , . 52-54pp.
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2016
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Mendyk, Robert W., Kenneth L. Krysko, Michael R. Rochford, Sean-Patrick Wallace, and Frank J. Mazzotti Reproductive biology of female Northern
African Rock Pythons (Python sebae)
in southern Florida, USA. Reptiles & Amphibians 23(1):16–20
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2019
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Krysko, Kenneth L., Kevin M. Enge, and Paul E. Moler (Editor) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 728pp.
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