Genera
| Genus | Taxon author | Species | Subsp.* | Common name | Geographic range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antaresia | Wells & Wellington, 1984 | 4 | 0 | Australia in arid and tropical regions | |
| Apodora | Kluge, 1993 | 1 | 0 | Papuan python | Most of New Guinea, from Misool to Fergusson Island |
| Aspidites | Peters, 1877 | 2 | 0 | Australia except in the south of the country | |
| Bothrochilus | Fitzinger, 1843 | 1 | 0 | Bismark ringed python | The islands of the Bismark Archipelago, including Umboi, New Britain, Gasmata (off the southern coast), Duke of York and nearby Mioko, New Ireland and nearby Tatau (off the east coast), the New Hanover Islands and Nissan Island |
| Leiopython | Hubrecht, 1879 | 1 | 0 | D'Albert's water python | Most of New Guinea (below 1200 m), including the islands of Salawati and Biak, Normanby, Mussau, as well as a few islands in the Torres Strait |
| Liasis | Gray, 1842 | 3 | 2 | Indonesia in the Lesser Sunda Islands, east through New Guinea and in northern and western Australia | |
| Morelia | Gray, 1842 | 7 | 5 | From Indonesia in the Maluku Islands, east through New Guinea, including the Bismark Archipelago and in Australia | |
| PythonT | Daudin, 1803 | 7 | 4 | Pythons | Africa in the tropics south of the Sahara (not including southern and extreme southwestern Madagascar), Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, the Nicobar Islands, Burma, Indochina, southern China, Hong Kong, Hainan, the Malayan region of Indonesia and the Philippines |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type genus.
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