The 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 grow up to 3 metres long and like other pythons are non-venomous. Their main prey is mice and birds, though jackals, civets, 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 have often been killed for their fine skin and are endangered. In Kerala dn Tamil Nadu, python meat is eaten by locals as the fat has purported medicinal value. Like most snakes, they take one huge meal and can go for up to two years without eating.
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