Ouda - Ouda

Japanese: オウダ - おうだ
Ouda - Ouda

...Of these, it often refers to a group of pythons in the Python genus. The Pythoninae subfamily consists of 22 species in five genera, distributed widely across Africa, tropical Asia, New Guinea, and Australia. Of these, the 10 species commonly known as king snakes or pythons belong to the Python genus and live in the same distribution area as the subfamily. As the English name python comes from Python, a giant snake that appears in Greek mythology, the Python genus includes four species that are over 5m in length.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ouda" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…とくにそのうちのニシキヘビ属Pythonに含まれる一群を指すことが多い。ニシキヘビ亜科は5属22種がアフリカ,熱帯アジア,ニューギニア,オーストラリアに広く分布し,そのうちオウダ(王蛇),またはパイソンの名で一般にもよく知られる10種がニシキヘビ属に含まれ,亜科のものと同一分布域に生息する。 英名のpythonがギリシア神話に登場する巨大なヘビ,ピュトンに由来するとおり,ニシキヘビ属には全長5mを超えるものが4種含まれる。…

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