Pythons

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85109382
- info:lc/authorities/sh85109382
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85109382#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Pythonidae
- Pythoninae
Broader Terms
- Snakes
- Squamata
Narrower Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4346565-1
Sources
- found: Coburn, J. Atlas of snakes of world, 1991: p. 121 (subfamily Pythoninae, pythons)
- found: Random House (python: any of several old world boa constrictors of subfamily Pythoninae)
- found: Britannica Micro. (python: any of 20-25 species of subfamily Pythoninae)
- found: ITIS, Oct. 19, 2000 (Pythonidae. Rank: Family. Usage: valid. Vernacular name: not available. Suborder Serpentes, Order Squamata)
- found: McDiarmid, R.W. Snake species of the world, c1999: v. 1, p. 161-182 (Pythonidae; consists of genera Antaresia, Apodora, Aspidites, Bothrochilus, Leiopython, Liasis, Morelia, Python)
- found: The EMBL reptile database, via WWW, Oct. 18, 2000 (Family Boidae (boas and pythons)); pythons are often considered as a separate family (Pythonidae))
LC Classification
- QL666.O67
Change Notes
- 2000-10-19: new
- 2000-12-26: revised

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