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The '''Indian Python''' or '''Indian Rock Python''' (''Python molurus molurus'') is a [[python]] found in [[India]], especially in the estuarine [[mangrove]] forest, the arid scrub jungle and the cool dense rain forests.

These large, thick bodied snakes have smooth scales and a bright pattern of blotches. They can grow up to 3 metres in length. Like other pythons are non-venomous. They prey mainly on [[mice]] and birds, although [[jackal]]s, [[civet]]s, and even wild [[boar]] and [[deer]] are occasionally eaten. There is no authentic case of a human being eaten by a python in India. They are in fact valuable as predators on agricultural pests.