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INDIAN ROCK PYTHON
Python molurus
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Distribution:- Pakistan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh
Comments:- Usually grows to around 10 ft (3 metres) but believed to grow to about 19ft (5.7 metres).


The Indian python is usually lighter colour than the Burmese Python which used to be classed as a subspecies (Python molurus bivittatus) but has been elevated to a full species (Python bivittatus.)

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Indian Rock Python (Python molurus)
"Pratik jain dahod python" by Pratik Jain - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.


Indian Rock Python (Python molurus)

Indian Rock Python Python molurus Skul
Indian Rock Python (Python molurus) skull, Oxford Natural History Museum


Front view of an Indian Rock Python (Python molurus) skull, Oxford Natural History Museum,

showing how the jaw is able to stretch when swallowing large food items.


LINKS OF INTEREST

(Python molurus)Wikipedia

(Python molurus) (LINNAEUS, 1758)
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AUSTRALIAN PYTHONS
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