Indian Python

The Indian Python or Indian Rock Python is a python found in India in a variety of habitats including estuarine mangrove forest, arid scrub jungle and rain forest.Pythons are very easy to identify. They are distinguished from all other Indian snakes by the presence of sensory pits on the rostral and first two labials. Pythons are the most massively built snakes found in the region. They grow to an average length of 4 m with the relative girth exceeding that of all other snakes, and weigh 70 to 129 pounds on an average. The longest recorded specimen measured 19 ft 2 in (5.85 m). Their scales are smooth and generally glossy for a snake in good condition. They have a flattened head with large nostrils, directed upwards and situated high on the snout. Their eyes are small and the pupil vertical, with the iris apparently flecked with gold. Pythons have, what is commonly called, spurs, which are vestigial or rudimentary limbs situated on either side of the anal vent. Adult Pythons are whitish or yellowish in color with the blotched patterns varying from shades of yellow to dark brown. The coloration also varies with terrain and habitat. The pythons of the hill forests of Western Ghats and Assam are darker, and those of the Deccan Plateau and East Coast are usually lighter.