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'''Indian Python''' or '''Indian Rock Python''' (''Python molurus'') is a [[python]] found in [[India]], especially in the estuarine [[mangrove]] forest, the arid scrub jungle and the cool dense rain forests. These snakes are large, thick bodied with smooth scales and brithg blotched pattern. They can grown upto 3 metres long and like other pythons are non venomous. Their main prey is mice and birds though jackals, civents and even wild boar and deer are known to be eaten by this python. There is no authentic case of a human being eaten by a python in India. They are infact valuable as predators on agricultural pests.

These snakes are large, thick bodied with smooth scales and brithg blotched pattern. They can grow up to 3 metres long and like other pythons are non-venomous. Their main prey is [[mice]] and birds, though [[jackal]]s, [[civent]]s and even wild [[boar]] and [[deer]] are known to be eaten by this python. 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.

These snakes were killed for their fine skin and is endangered. In Kerala dn Tamil Nadu, the phython meat is eaten by tribals and the fat has purported medicinal value. Like most snakes they take one huge meal and can go without food for upto 2 years without eating.

These snakes werehave often been killed for their fine skin and isare [[Endangered species|endangered]]. In Kerala dn Tamil Nadu, the phython meat is eaten by tribals and the fat has purported medicinal value. Like most snakes they take one huge meal and can go withoutfor food forup uptoto 2two years without eating.

===Reference===

{{Book reference | Author=[[Romulus Whitaker]] | Title=COMMONCommon INDIANIndian SNAKESSnakes: A Field Guide | Publisher=Macmillan India Limited | Year=1978 | ID= }}

[[Category:Snakes]]

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