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'''Pythons''' is a genus of nonvenomous pythons found in [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and [[Australia]]. Currently, 7 species are recognised.<ref name="wikipedia">[[Wikipedia:Python (genus)|Python]] at [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]</ref>
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'''Pythons''' are a group of nonvenomous snakes found in [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and [[Australia]].<ref name="wikipedia">[[Wikipedia:Python (genus)|Python]] at [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]</ref>
   
 
In [[1991]] [[Dudley Dursley]] with his friend [[Piers Polkiss]] wanted to see big, man-crushing pythons in the [[Zoo]], while [[Harry Potter]] walked up to boa constrictor's tank, and unknowingly using [[Parselmouth]], communicated with it.<ref name="PS2">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 2 (''The Vanishing Glass'')</ref>
 
In [[1991]] [[Dudley Dursley]] with his friend [[Piers Polkiss]] wanted to see big, man-crushing pythons in the [[Zoo]], while [[Harry Potter]] walked up to boa constrictor's tank, and unknowingly using [[Parselmouth]], communicated with it.<ref name="PS2">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 2 (''The Vanishing Glass'')</ref>
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==Behind the scenes==
 
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[[File:Naginislither.png|thumb|right|The animated Nagini as a Reticulated Python]]
 
[[File:Naginislither.png|thumb|right|The animated Nagini as a Reticulated Python]]
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', [[Harry Potter]] [[Parseltongue|spoke]] to a python from [[India|Burma]] through [[Underage magic]]. He accidentally freed the python and helped it go to Burma, while trapping his [[Dudley Dursley|cousin]] inside the pen that was holding the giant snake. In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|novel]], the [[snake]] is a [[Boa constrictor]], not a python.
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', [[Harry Potter]] [[Parseltongue|spoke]] to a python from [[Burma]]. He accidentally freed the python and helped it go to Burma, while trapping his [[Dudley Dursley|cousin]] inside the pen that was holding the giant snake. In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|novel]], the [[snake]] is a [[Boa constrictor]] from [[Brazil]], not a python from Burma.
*In the [[Harry Potter (film series)|film adaptions]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' [[Nagini]], [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s pet snake, is portrayed as a Reticulated Python which is a kind of python. A [[Boa constrictor|Dumeril's Ground Boa]] portrayal preceeded this in the fourth, fifth and sixth movies.
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*In the [[Harry Potter (film series)|film adaptations]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''[[Nagini]], [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s pet snake, is portrayed as a Reticulated Python. A [[Boa constrictor|Dumeril's Ground Boa]] portrayal preceded this in the fourth, fifth and sixth movies.
   
 
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==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
 
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Revision as of 19:41, 12 April 2015

Pythons are a group of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia and Australia.[1]

In 1991 Dudley Dursley with his friend Piers Polkiss wanted to see big, man-crushing pythons in the Zoo, while Harry Potter walked up to boa constrictor's tank, and unknowingly using Parselmouth, communicated with it.[2]

Behind the scenes

Naginislither

The animated Nagini as a Reticulated Python

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. Python at Wikipedia
  2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 2 (The Vanishing Glass)