One of the 7 pythons on WAnimals
Reptiles · Squamata · Pythonidae
Indian Rock Python
Python molurus
Near Threatened
It could become threatened in the near future if current threats go unchecked.
The Indian python is a large constrictor of the Indian subcontinent, paler and heavier-looking than its relative the Burmese python, from which it was separated as a species of its own. The female incubates the clutch and, moreover, generates heat: she contracts her muscles in rhythmic spasms to raise the temperature of the eggs several degrees above ambient.
Weight
40 kg – 90 kg
Size
2.5 m – 4 m
Life expectancy
30 years
