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[[File:Clutch of Python molurus eggs.JPG|thumb|Eggs]]

[[File:Juvenile Indian Rock Python ( P molurus) in a pensive moment.JPG|thumb|A juvenile]]

[[Oviparous]], up to 100 eggs are laid by a female, which she protects and incubates.<ref name="Meh87"/> Towards this end, they are capable of raising their body temperature above the ambient level through muscular contractions.<ref name="Vic66">{{Cite journal |first1=V. H. |last1=Hutchison |first2=H. G. |last2=Dowling |name-list-style=amp |first3=A. |last3=Vinegar |year=1966 |title=Thermoregulation in a Brooding Female Indian Python, ''Python molurus bivittatus'' |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=151 |issue=3711 |pages=694–695 |doi=10.1126/science.151.3711.694|pmid=5908075 |s2cid=45839432 }}</ref> The hatchlings are {{convertcvt|45|-|60|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} in length and grow quickly.<ref name="Meh87"/> An artificial incubation method using climate-controlled environmental chambers was developed in India for successfully raising hatchlings from abandoned or unattended eggs.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Balakrishnan |first1=P- |last2=Sajeev |first2=T.V. |last3=Bindu |first3=T.N. |title=Artificial incubation, hatching and release of the Indian Rock Python ''Python molurus'' (Linnaeus, 1758), in Nilambur, Kerala |journal=Reptile Rap |date=2010|volume=10 |pages=24–27 |url=http://www.tropicalecology.in/pdf/Python%20molurus_incubation_Peroth%20Balakrishnan%20et%20al_Reptile%20Rap%202010.pdf}}</ref>

==Conservation status==