As with other snakes, the python's loosely hinged jaws can be stretched far apart, enabling it to swallow animals with bodies much larger in diameter than the python's head. They are good climbers and have prehensile tails. According to Grzmek it is a subspecies of the Indian Python and is the python most commonly seen in zoos and circuses. Also known as the Asiatic Rock Python. The Old World python and New World boa are clearly the closest living relatives of the ancestral snake type.
Hatchlings are popular as pets and sizeable numbers are exported from Southeast Asia annually.
Wild populations are also heavily exploited by the exotic leather trade. The Fascination of Reptiles. Living Snakes of the World. Sterling Publishing Co., New York, pp. Stidworthy, John. 1971.