Sawa (piton)

Ang sawa (Ingles: python) ay isang uri ng malaking ahas.^[2]

Pythonidae
Python molurus
Klasipikasyong pang-agham
Dominyo:	Eukaryota
Kaharian:	Animalia
Kalapian:	Chordata
Hati:	Reptilia
Orden:	Squamata
Suborden:	Serpentes
Infraorden:	Alethinophidia
Pamilya:	Pythonidae Fitzinger, 1826
Kasingkahulugan
Pythonoidea - Fitzinger, 1826 Pythonoidei - Eichwald, 1831 Holodonta - Müller, 1832 Pythonina - Bonaparte, 1840 Pythophes - Fitzinger, 1843 Pythoniens - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Holodontes - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Pythonides - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Pythones - Cope, 1861 Pythonidae - Cope, 1864 Peropodes - Meyer, 1874 Chondropythonina - Boulenger, 1879 Pythoninae - Boulenger, 1890 Pythonini - Underwood & Stimson, 1990 Moreliini - Underwood & Stimson, 1990[1]

Para sa ibang gamit, tingnan ang Sawa (paglilinaw).

Familia Pythonidae

Mga genus:^[3]

• Antaresia Wells and Wellington, 1984
• Apodora Kluge, 1993
• Aspidites Peters, 1877
• Bothrochilus Fitzinger, 1843
• Leiopython Hubrecht 1879
• Liasis Gray, 1842
• Morelia Gray, 1842
• Python Daudin, 1803