Indian python
Python molurus
Near threatenedPhoto: Tigerpython · CC BY-SA 3.0
Reptilecarnivore
The Asiatic rock python is a big snake that lives in warm parts of South and Southeast Asia. It's not venomous, but it can grow longer than a car. These pythons have lighter coloring than their Burmese python cousins.
- Squeezes prey instead of using venom to hunt
- Typically grows to about 3 meters long
- One of the world's largest snake species
RainforestGrasslandAsia
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Reptile
- Scientific name
- Python molurus
- Habitat
- Rainforest, Grassland
- Regions in this directory
- Asia
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- giant
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened (NT)
