Rarest Species of Python — All 46 Answers Ranked by Rarity

46 python species are accepted answers for “Name a species of python”. Bothrochilus meridionalis is the rarest species of python in this ranking, with 29 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Bothrochilus biakensis is the second-rarest with 33 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.14× the figure for Bothrochilus meridionalis. Reticulated python is the most common species of python in this ranking, with 284,903 monthly Wikipedia views, 9,824× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 46 answers: 1,270,660. Bothrochilus meridionalis is under 0.1% of that total. 10 answers are Epic or Legendary: Bothrochilus meridionalis (Legendary), Bothrochilus biakensis (Legendary), Bothrochilus montanus (Legendary), and 7 more.

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Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

46 answers to “Name a species of python”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank	Answer	Tier	Rarity	Monthly Wikipedia views
1	Bothrochilus meridionalis on Wikipedia	Legendary	1.000	29
2	Bothrochilus biakensis on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.978	33
3	Bothrochilus montanus on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.956	96
4	Bothrochilus huonensis on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.933	155
5	Stimson's python on Wikipedia	Epic	0.911	383
6	Antaresia papuensis on Wikipedia	Epic	0.889	808
7	Leiopython biakensis on Wikipedia	Epic	0.867	1,137
8	Simalia nauta on Wikipedia	Epic	0.844	1,539
9	Leiopython fredparkeri on Wikipedia	Epic	0.822	1,646
10	Python kyaiktiyo on Wikipedia	Epic	0.800	1,824
11	Simalia clastolepis on Wikipedia	Rare	0.778	1,905
12	Simalia tracyae on Wikipedia	Rare	0.756	2,106
13	Morelia azurea on Wikipedia	Rare	0.733	2,344
14	Python europaeus on Wikipedia	Rare	0.711	2,955
15	Morelia imbricata on Wikipedia	Rare	0.689	3,178
16	Bismarck ringed python on Wikipedia	Rare	0.667	3,665
17	Liasis mackloti on Wikipedia	Rare	0.644	3,699
18	Rough-scaled python on Wikipedia	Rare	0.622	3,861
19	Python anchietae on Wikipedia	Rare	0.600	5,905
20	Pygmy python on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.578	6,232
21	Sumatran short-tailed python on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.556	6,545
22	Morelia spilota metcalfei on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.533	6,676
23	Borneo python on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.511	7,161
24	Apodora on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.489	7,559
25	Water python on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.467	7,899
26	Morelia bredli on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.444	8,128
27	D'Albertis python on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.422	8,152
28	Timor python on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.400	8,723
29	Simalia boeleni on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.378	8,765
30	Spotted python on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.356	10,655
31	Oenpelli python on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.333	12,464
32	Python brongersmai on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.311	16,084
33	Olive python on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.289	16,487
34	Woma python on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.267	16,516
35	Black-headed python on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.244	20,924
36	Children's python on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.222	22,406
37	Southern African rock python on Wikipedia	Common	0.200	24,123
38	Australian scrub python on Wikipedia	Common	0.178	25,162
39	Amethystine python on Wikipedia	Common	0.156	25,964
40	Green tree python on Wikipedia	Common	0.133	43,143
41	Morelia spilota on Wikipedia	Common	0.111	53,641
42	Central African rock python on Wikipedia	Common	0.089	59,867
43	Indian python on Wikipedia	Common	0.067	69,534
44	Ball python on Wikipedia	Common	0.044	208,851
45	Burmese python on Wikipedia	Common	0.022	246,828
46	Reticulated python on Wikipedia	Common	0.000	284,903

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What is the rarest species of python?

Bothrochilus meridionalis is the rarest species of python in this ranking, with 29 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many species of python are there?

There are 46 species of python in this ranking, from Bothrochilus meridionalis (rarest) to Reticulated python (most common).

What is the most common species of python?

Reticulated python is the most common species of python in this ranking, with 284,903 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.