Family Pythonidae (Pythons):
countries and regions with most species

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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Indonesia
 23
No. 2
Australia
 16
No. 3
New Guinea [Indonesia / Papua New Guinea]
 14
No. 4
Papua New Guinea
 14
No. 5
Eastern New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]
 13
No. 6
Queensland [Australia]
 12
No. 7
Western New Guinea [Indonesia]
 11
No. 8
Northern Territory [Australia]
 9
No. 9
Western Australia [Australia]
 9
No. 10
Torres Strait Islands [Australia]
 6
No. 11
Biak [Indonesia]
 5
No. 12
d'Entrecasteaux Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 5
No. 13
New South Wales [Australia]
 4
No. 14
Angola
 3
No. 15
Aru Islands [Indonesia]
 3
No. 16
Bacan [Indonesia]
 3
No. 17
Bangladesh
 3
No. 18
Bismarck Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 19
Congo-Kinshasa
 3
No. 20
Fergusson [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 21
Haruku [Indonesia]
 3
No. 22
India
 3
No. 23
Malaysia
 3
No. 24
Misool [Indonesia]
 3
No. 25
Myanmar
 3
No. 26
New Britain [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 27
New Ireland [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 28
Normanby [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 29
Salawati [Indonesia]
 3
No. 30
Saparua [Indonesia]
 3
No. 31
Seram [Indonesia]
 3
No. 32
South Australia [Australia]
 3
No. 33
Sumatra [Indonesia]
 3
No. 34
Sumbawa [Indonesia]
 3
No. 35
Thailand
 3
No. 36
West Bengal [India]
 3
No. 37
Alor [Indonesia]
 2
No. 38
Ambon [Indonesia]
 2
No. 39
Bali [Indonesia]
 2
No. 40
Banda Islands [Indonesia]
 2
No. 41
Bangka [Indonesia]
 2
No. 42
Barong [Indonesia]
 2
No. 43
Benin
 2
No. 44
Bhutan
 2
No. 45
Bihar [India]
 2
No. 46
Borneo [Brunei / Indonesia / Malaysia]
 2
No. 47
Brunei
 2
No. 48
Burkina Faso
 2
No. 49
Cambodia
 2
No. 50
Cameroon
 2
No. 51
Central African Republic
 2
No. 52
Chad
 2
No. 53
East Timor
 2
No. 54
Flores [Indonesia]
 2
No. 55
Fraser Island [Australia]
 2
No. 56
Gambia
 2
No. 57
Ghana
 2
No. 58
Guinea
 2
No. 59
Guinea-Bissau
 2
No. 60
Halmahera [Indonesia]
 2
No. 61
Ivory Coast
 2
No. 62
Java [Indonesia]
 2
No. 63
Kalimantan [Indonesia]
 2
No. 64
Kenya
 2
No. 65
Laos
 2
No. 66
Lembata [Indonesia]
 2
No. 67
Liberia
 2
No. 68
Lombok [Indonesia]
 2
No. 69
Mali
 2
No. 70
Mussau [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 71
Namibia
 2
No. 72
Nepal
 2
No. 73
Niger
 2
No. 74
Nigeria
 2
No. 75
Odisha [India]
 2
No. 76
Pantar [Indonesia]
 2
No. 77
Riau Islands [Indonesia]
 2
No. 78
Rwanda
 2
No. 79
Sabah [Malaysia]
 2
No. 80
Saint Matthias Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 81
Sarawak [Malaysia]
 2
No. 82
Senegal
 2
No. 83
Siberut [Indonesia]
 2
No. 84
Sierra Leone
 2
No. 85
South Sudan
 2
No. 86
Sudan
 2
No. 87
Sulawesi [Indonesia]
 2
No. 88
Tanimbar Islands [Indonesia]
 2
No. 89
Tanzania
 2
No. 90
Timor [East Timor / Indonesia]
 2
No. 91
Togo
 2
No. 92
Uganda
 2
No. 93
Uttar Pradesh [India]
 2
No. 94
Uttarakhand [India]
 2
No. 95
Vietnam
 2
No. 96
Waigeo [Indonesia]
 2
No. 97
West Malaysia [Malaysia]
 2
No. 98
West Timor [Indonesia]
 2
No. 99
Yamdena [Indonesia]
 2
No. 100
Yapen [Indonesia]
 2
No. 101
Zanzibar [Tanzania]
 2
No. 102
Adonara [Indonesia]
 1
No. 103
Anambas Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 104
Andaman & Nicobar Islands [India]
 1
No. 105
Andhra Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 106
Archipelago of the Recherche [Australia]
 1
No. 107
Arunachal Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 108
Assam [India]
 1
No. 109
Babi Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 110
Babuyan Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 111
Banggai Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 112
Banyak Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 113
Batan [Philippines]
 1
No. 114
Batan Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 115
Bazaruto Archipelago [Mozambique]
 1
No. 116
Belitung [Indonesia]
 1
No. 117
Bernier Island [Australia]
 1
No. 118
Bijagos Archipelago [Guinea-Bissau]
 1
No. 119
Bioko [Equatorial Guinea]
 1
No. 120
Boano [Indonesia]
 1
No. 121
Bohol [Philippines]
 1
No. 122
Botswana
 1
No. 123
Buru [Indonesia]
 1
No. 124
Burundi
 1
No. 125
Buton [Indonesia]
 1
No. 126
Cabinda [Angola]
 1
No. 127
Calamian Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 128
Calauit [Philippines]
 1
No. 129
Calayan [Philippines]
 1
No. 130
Cat Ba Island [Vietnam]
 1
No. 131
Catanduanes [Philippines]
 1
No. 132
Cebu [Philippines]
 1
No. 133
Chhattisgarh [India]
 1
No. 134
China
 1
No. 135
Congo-Brazzaville
 1
No. 136
Dalupiri (Babuyan Islands) [Philippines]
 1
No. 137
Delhi [India]
 1
No. 138
Dirk Hartog Island [Australia]
 1
No. 139
Dorre Island [Australia]
 1
No. 140
Eastern Cape [South Africa]
 1
No. 141
Enggano [Indonesia]
 1
No. 142
Equatorial Guinea
 1
No. 143
Eritrea
 1
No. 144
Eswatini
 1
No. 145
Ethiopia
 1
No. 146
Faure Island [Australia]
 1
No. 147
Fitzroy Island [Australia]
 1
No. 148
Fujian [China]
 1
No. 149
Gabon
 1
No. 150
Garden Island [Australia]
 1
No. 151
Gauteng [South Africa]
 1
No. 152
Gebe [Indonesia]
 1
No. 153
Goa [India]
 1
No. 154
Goodenough [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 155
Gorong Archipelago [Indonesia]
 1
No. 156
Guangdong [China]
 1
No. 157
Guangxi [China]
 1
No. 158
Guizhou [China]
 1
No. 159
Gujarat [India]
 1
No. 160
Ha Long Bay Islands [Vietnam]
 1
No. 161
Hainan [China]
 1
No. 162
Himachal Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 163
Hong Kong [China]
 1
No. 164
Houtman Abrolhos Islands [Australia]
 1
No. 165
Jammu & Kashmir [India]
 1
No. 166
Jharkhand [India]
 1
No. 167
Jiangxi [China]
 1
No. 168
Jolo [Philippines]
 1
No. 169
Kabaena [Indonesia]
 1
No. 170
Kai Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 171
Karimunjawa Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 172
Karnataka [India]
 1
No. 173
Kayuadi [Indonesia]
 1
No. 174
Kerala [India]
 1
No. 175
Krakatau Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 176
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
 1
No. 177
Lamu [Kenya]
 1
No. 178
Langkawi [Malaysia]
 1
No. 179
Langkawi Archipelago [Malaysia]
 1
No. 180
Leyte [Philippines]
 1
No. 181
Limpopo [South Africa]
 1
No. 182
Louisiade Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 183
Lubang [Philippines]
 1
No. 184
Luzon [Philippines]
 1
No. 185
Macau [China]
 1
No. 186
Madhya Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 187
Magaruque [Mozambique]
 1
No. 188
Maharashtra [India]
 1
No. 189
Malawi
 1
No. 190
Masbate [Philippines]
 1
No. 191
Mauritania
 1
No. 192
Meghalaya [India]
 1
No. 193
Mindanao [Philippines]
 1
No. 194
Mindoro [Philippines]
 1
No. 195
Mizoram [India]
 1
No. 196
Mozambique
 1
No. 197
Mpumalanga [South Africa]
 1
No. 198
Nagaland [India]
 1
No. 199
Natuna Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 200
Negros [Philippines]
 1
No. 201
Nias [Indonesia]
 1
No. 202
Nicobar Islands [India]
 1
No. 203
North Solomon Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 204
North West Province [South Africa]
 1
No. 205
Northern Cape [South Africa]
 1
No. 206
Obi [Indonesia]
 1
No. 207
Pakistan
 1
No. 208
Palawan [Philippines]
 1
No. 209
Panay [Philippines]
 1
No. 210
Penang Island [Malaysia]
 1
No. 211
Penida [Indonesia]
 1
No. 212
Peucang [Indonesia]
 1
No. 213
Philippines
 1
No. 214
Polillo [Philippines]
 1
No. 215
Rajasthan [India]
 1
No. 216
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 1
No. 217
Rossel [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 218
Rote [Indonesia]
 1
No. 219
Samar [Philippines]
 1
No. 220
Sanana [Indonesia]
 1
No. 221
Sangir Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 222
Santa Carolina [Mozambique]
 1
No. 223
Savu [Indonesia]
 1
No. 224
Selayar [Indonesia]
 1
No. 225
Selayar Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 226
Semau [Indonesia]
 1
No. 227
Seribuat Archipelago [Malaysia]
 1
No. 228
Shek Kwu Chau Island [China]
 1
No. 229
Siargao [Philippines]
 1
No. 230
Simeulue [Indonesia]
 1
No. 231
Singapore
 1
No. 232
Sipura [Indonesia]
 1
No. 233
Siquijor [Philippines]
 1
No. 234
Solomon Archipelago [Papua New Guinea / Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 235
Solor [Indonesia]
 1
No. 236
Somalia
 1
No. 237
South Africa
 1
No. 238
Sri Lanka
 1
No. 239
Sula Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 240
Sulu Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 241
Sumba [Indonesia]
 1
No. 242
Supiori [Indonesia]
 1
No. 243
Tablas [Philippines]
 1
No. 244
Talaud Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 245
Tamil Nadu [India]
 1
No. 246
Tanahjampea [Indonesia]
 1
No. 247
Ternate [Indonesia]
 1
No. 248
Tidore [Indonesia]
 1
No. 249
Tioman [Malaysia]
 1
No. 250
Togian Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 251
Tripura [India]
 1
No. 252
Trobriand Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 253
Victoria [Australia]
 1
No. 254
Weh [Indonesia]
 1
No. 255
Wetar [Indonesia]
 1
No. 256
Yunnan [China]
 1
No. 257
Zambia
 1
No. 258
Zimbabwe
 1