Indian Rock Python

The Indian python, also called the black-tailed python or Indian rock python, is a large non-venomous python native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian subcontinent and South-east Asia. It is smaller than the close relative the Burmese python but still among the largest snakes in the world, generally lighter coloured, and the form in India usually reaches about 3 m. The pattern is whitish or yellowish with blotches from tan to dark brown, and hill-forest snakes are darker (Wikipedia, general species account).

The longest scientifically recorded specimen, collected in Pakistan, was 4.6 m and weighed 52 kg, though past exaggerations and stretched skins make the maximum hard to state. Hatchlings are 45–60 cm long and grow quickly. It differs from the Burmese python in having light 'eyes' in the centres of the spots on its flanks. The Reptile Database lists a wide Indian range, including Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.