Editing Ball python (section)

== Taxonomy ==
''Python Regius'' was the [[scientific name]] proposed by [[George Shaw (biologist)|George Shaw]] in 1802 for a pale variegated python from an indistinct place in Africa.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shaw |first1=G. |year=1802 |title=General zoology, or Systematic natural history. Volume III, Part II |location=London |publisher=G. Kearsley |pages=347–348 |chapter=''Royal python'' |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/generalzoology3121802shaw/page/n561}}</ref>
The [[Genus (biology)|generic]] name ''Python'' was proposed by [[François Marie Daudin]] in 1803 for non-venomous flecked snakes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Daudin |first1=F. M. |year=1803 |title=Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles |volume=Tome 8 |location=Paris |publisher=De l'Imprimerie de F. Dufart  |page=384 |chapter=''Python'' |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturel181802daud/page/384}}</ref> Between 1830 and 1849, several generic names were proposed for the same [[zoological specimen]] described by Shaw, including ''Enygrus'' by [[Johann Georg Wagler]], ''Cenchris'' and ''Hertulia'' by [[John Edward Gray]]. Gray also described four specimens that were collected in Gambia and were preserved in spirits and fluid.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gray |first1=J. E. |year=1849 |chapter=The Royal Rock Snake |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci40brit/page/90 |pages=90–91 |title=Catalogue of the specimens of snakes in the collection of the British museum |publisher=The Trustees |location=London}}</ref>