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The '''Indian python''' ('''''Python molurus''''') is a large [[Pythonidae|python]] species native to tropical and subtropical regions of the [[Indian subcontinent]] and [[Southeast Asia]].<ref name="McD99">{{cite book |last1=McDiarmid |first1=R. W. |last2=Campbell |first2=J. A. |last3=Touré |first3=T. |year=1999 |title=Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1 |___location=Washington, DC |publisher=Herpetologists' League |isbn=1893777014 |chapter=''Python'' }}</ref> It is also known by the common names '''black-tailed python''',<ref name=Dit33>{{cite book |last1=Ditmars, R. L. |year=1933 |title=Reptiles of the World |edition= Revised |publisher=The MacMillan Company}}</ref> '''Indian rock python,''' and deepchand '''Asian rock python'''.<ref name="Walls">{{cite book |last1=Walls, J. G. |year=1998 |title=The Living Pythons |publisher=T. F. H. Publications |isbn=0-7938-0467-1 |pages=131–142}}</ref><ref name="O'Shea">{{cite book |last1=O'Shea, M. |year=2007 |title=Boas and Pythons of the World |publisher=New Holland Publishers |isbn=978-1-84537-544-7 |pages=80–87}}</ref> Although smaller than its close relative the [[Burmese python]], it is still among the [[List of largest snakes|largest snakes in the world]]. It is generally lighter colored than the Burmese python and reaches usually {{cvt|3|m|ftin}}.<ref name=Nat.Hist.Soc.1912/><!--not a dictionary for local names in other languages: ''ajingar'' in [[Nepali language|Nepali]], ''ajgar'' in [[Hindi]] and Marathi ,ଅଜଗର (''ajagara'') in Odia, ''azdaha'' in [[Urdu]], অজগর (''awjogor''), মেঘডম্বুর (''meghdombur'') and মেগডুম (''megdum'') in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], ''hebbaavu'' (ಹೆಬ್ಬಾವು) in [[Kannada language|Kannada]], ''kondachiluva'' (కొండచిలువ) in [[Telugu language|Telugu]], ''malai paambu'' (மலைப் பாம்பு) in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and ''malampaambu or perumpaampu'' (മലമ്പാമ്പ് or പെരുമ്പാമ്പ്) in [[Malayalam]]. --> Like all pythons, it is nonvenomous.

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