Python molurus
Near Nagarhole National Park
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Pythonidae
Genus:
Python
Species:
P. molurus
Binomial name
Python molurus
Distribution of Indian python
Synonyms
[Coluber ] Molurus Linnaeus , 1758
Boa Ordinata Schneider, 1801
Boa Cinerae Schneider, 1801
Boa Castanea Schneider, 1801
Boa Albicans Schneider, 1801
Boa Orbiculata Schneider, 1801
Coluber Boaeformis Shaw , 1802
Python bora Daudin, 1803
Python tigris Daudin, 1803
Python tigris castaneus - Daudin, 1803
Python tigris albanicus [sic] - Daudin, 1803
Python ordinatus - Daudin, 1803
Python Javanicus Kuhl, 1820
Python molurus - Gray , 1842
Python Jamesonii Gray , 1842
Python (Asterophis ) tigris - Fitzinger, 1843
Python molurus - Boulenger, 1893
Python molurus [molurus ] - F. Werner, 1899
[Python molurus ] var. ocellatus F. Werner, 1899
[Python molurus ] var. intermedia F. Werner, 1899
Python molurus molurus - Stull, 1935
Python molurus - M.A. Smith, 1943
Python molurus pimbura Deraniyagala, 1945
Python molurus molurus - Stimson, 1969
[Python molurus ] var. [molurus ] - Deuve, 1970
Python molurus - Kluge, 1993[1]
Python molurus is a large nonvenomous python species . It is found in many tropic and subtropic areas of South Asia and Southeast Asia .
It has various common names: Indian python ,[2] black-tailed python[3] and Indian rock python. The species is limited to Southern Asia. It is generally lighter colored than the Burmese python . It can grow to 3 metres (9.8 ft).[4]
The color pattern is whitish or yellowish with the blotched patterns varying from shades of tan to dark brown . This varies with the terrain and habitat . Specimens from the hill forests of Western Ghats and Assam are darker.[5] Those from the Deccan Plateau and east coast of India are usually lighter.[5]
The longest scientifically recorded specimen, which came from Pakistan, was 4.6 metres (15 ft) in length and weighed 52 kilograms (115 lb).[6]
↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
↑ "Python molurus " . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 13 September 2007 .
↑ Ditmars RL. 1933. Reptiles of the World. Revised Edition. The MacMillan Company. 329 pp. 89 plates.
↑ Wall F. 1912. A popular treatise on the common Indian snakes – the Indian python. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 21 : 447–476.
↑ 5.0 5.1 Rhomulus Whitaker: „Common Indian Snakes – A Field Guide“; The Macmillan Company of India Limited, 1987; pp. 6-9; SBN 33390-198-3
↑ Minton S.A. 1966. A contribution to the herpetology of West Pakistan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 134 (2): 117–118. [1]