Natural Range of Python sebae+natalensis

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GREEN: Habitat of Python sebae; RED: Habitat of Python natalensis; YELLOW: Interference Area of both species. Based on: G. J. Alexander: Thermal Biology of the Southern African Python (Python natalensis): Does temperature limit its distribution? In: R. W. Henderson and R. Powell (Eds.): Biology of the Boas and Pythons. Eagle Mountain Publishing Company, Eagle Mountain., 2007, ISBN 978-0-9720154-3-1: S. 51-75 D. G. Broadley: A review of geographical variation in the African Python, Python sebae (Gemelin). British Journal of Herpetology 6:359-367; 1984 D. G. Broadley: The Southern African Python, Python natalensis A. Smith 1840, is a valid species. African Herpetological News 29:31-32; 1999 J. M. Padial: On the presence of Python sebae Gemelin, 1788 (Ophidia: Pythonidae) in Mauritania. Herpetological Bulletin 84: 30-31, 2003. B. Lanza, A. Nistri: Somali Boidae (genus Eryx Daudin 1803) and Pythonidae (genus Python Daudin 1803) (Reptilia Serpentes). Tropical Zoology 18, 2005, p. 115. W. R. Branch, M. Griffin: Pythons in Namibia: Distribution, Conservation, and Captive Breeding Programs. Advances in Herpetoculture – Special Publications of the International Herpetological Symposium, Inc., 1996, p. 93-102. In consideration of mountain ranges, rivers and vegetation