Editing Burmese python (section)

{{Short description|Species of large, nonvenomous snake}}
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{{Speciesbox
|name=Burmese python
|image=Brooding female Python molurus bivittatus.jpg
|status=VU
|status_system=IUCN3.1
|status_ref=<ref name="IUCN">{{cite iucn |author=Stuart, B. |author2=Nguyen, T.Q. |author3=Thy, N. |author4=Grismer, L. |author5=Chan-Ard, T. |author6=Iskandar, D. |author7=Golynsky, E. |author8=Lau, M.W.N. |year=2012 |errata=2019 |title=''Python bivittatus'' |page=e.T193451A151341916 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T193451A151341916.en}}</ref>
|genus=Python
|species=bivittatus
|authority=([[Heinrich Kuhl|Kuhl]], 1820)
|range_map=Python bivittatus Area.svg
|range_map_caption=Native distribution in green
|synonyms_ref=<ref>{{NRDB species|genus=Python |species=bivittatus}}</ref>
|synonyms=''Python molurus bivittatus'' [[Heinrich Kuhl|Kuhl]], 1820
}}

The '''Burmese python''' ('''''Python bivittatus''''') is one of the [[List of largest snakes|largest species]] of [[snake]]s. It is native to a large area of [[Southeast Asia]] and is listed as [[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] on the [[IUCN Red List]].<ref name="IUCN"/> Until 2009, it was considered a subspecies of the [[Indian python]], but is now recognized as a distinct [[species]].<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=Jacobs, H.J. |author2=Auliya, M. |author3=Böhme, W. |year=2009 |title=On the taxonomy of the Burmese Python, ''Python molurus bivittatus'' KUHL, 1820, specifically on the Sulawesi population |journal=Sauria |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=5–11}}</ref> It is an [[Burmese pythons in Florida|invasive species in Florida]] as a result of the [[pet trade]].<ref name="Sarill, M.-2016">{{Cite web |author=Sarill, M. |date=2016 |title=Burmese Pythons in the Everglades |website=Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources |url=https://iep.berkeley.edu/content/burmese-pythons-everglades|access-date=2021-03-17}}</ref>