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| | AUSTRALIAN PYTHONS PART ONE, GREEN PYTHON, ASPIDITES, BLACK-HEADED PYTHON, WOMA PYTHON |
 | | Australia has four (currently recognised) genera of python, namely, Aspidites, Chondropython, Liasis and Morelia, of which Aspidites is the only genus confined to mainland Australia. |
 | | This terrestrial genus of pythons is characterised by the absence of teeth on the premaxilla, enlarged symmetrical shields on top of the head and the absence of pits on the rostral or labial scales. |
 | | Both Green Pythons and Australian Aspidites have been bred in captivity in Australia and elsewhere many times in the period up to 1997 and breeding rates in captivity are expected to go up. |
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