Python molurus

Python molurus is a large nonvenomous python species. It is found in many tropic and subtropic areas of South Asia and Southeast Asia. 

It has various common names: Indian python, black-tailed pythonDitmars RL. 1933. Reptiles of the World. Revised Edition. The MacMillan Company. 329 pp. 89 plates. and Indian rock python. The species is limited to Southern Asia. It is generally lighter colored than the Burmese python. It can grow to .Wall F. 1912. A popular treatise on the common Indian snakes – the Indian python. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 21: 447–476.

The color pattern is whitish or yellowish with the blotched patterns varying from shades of tan to dark brown. This varies with the terrain and habitat. Specimens from the hill forests of Western Ghats and Assam are darker.Rhomulus Whitaker: „Common Indian Snakes – A Field Guide“; The Macmillan Company of India Limited, 1987; pp. 6-9; SBN 33390-198-3 Those from the Deccan Plateau and east coast of India are usually lighter.

The longest scientifically recorded specimen, which came from Pakistan, was  in length and weighed .Minton S.A. 1966. A contribution to the herpetology of West Pakistan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 134 (2): 117–118. 

 References 

 Other websites 


 Indian Python  at Ecology Asia. Accessed 13 September 2007.
 Indian python  at Animal Pictures Archive . Accessed 13 September 2007.
 Watch Indian rock python (Python molurus) video clips from the BBC archive on Wildlife Finder 

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