rock/burmese

im confused.. i always thought a rock python and a burmese python were two different snakes.. no?

Well, they're related. Occasionally burms are referred to as burmese rock pythons. African rock pythons are python sebae and burms are python molorus bivittatus

Thats correct. There are 2 species of African Rock Pythons, the African Rock Python (Python sebae), and the Lesser, Southern, or Dwarf African Rock Python (Python natalensis). There is one species, and two subspecies of Asiatic Rock Pythons; The Indian Python (Python molurus molurus), and the Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus). I believe the third subspecies of the Indian Python, the Ceylonese Python (Python molurus pimbura), was reclassified as just a color phase/variant of the Indian Python as there aren't enough distinctive differences between the two to classify the two on a subspecific level. All of these are Rock Pythons.

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Thats correct. There are 2 species of African Rock Pythons, the African Rock Python (Python sebae), and the Lesser, Southern, or Dwarf African Rock Python (Python natalensis). There is one species, and two subspecies of Asiatic Rock Pythons; The Indian Python (Python molurus molurus), and the Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus). I believe the third subspecies of the Indian Python, the Ceylonese Python (Python molurus pimbura), was reclassified as just a color phase/variant of the Indian Python as there aren't enough distinctive differences between the two to classify the two on a subspecific level. All of these are Rock Pythons.

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Beat me to it. I was just going to say that (p.Sebae and p.Natalensis)are the African rock pythons and (p.Molurus Bivittatus and p.Molurus Molurus) are the Asian rock pythons.

thanks guys, i understand it now :)