Indian Rock Python
Other Names - Indian Python, Black-tailed Python, Asian Rock Python The rock python's color pattern is whitish or yellowish with the blotched patterns varying from tan to dark brown shades. This varies with terrain and habitat. Specimens from the hill forests of the Western Ghats and Assam are darker, while those from the Deccan Plateau and the Eastern Ghats are usually lighter. The Indian Rock Python occurs in India, southern Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and in the north of Myanmar. It is a non-venomous snake but has a powerful bite. It lives in a wide range of habitats, including grasslands, swamps, marshes, rocky foothills, woodlands, open forest, and river valleys. It needs a permanent source of water. It hides in abandoned mammal burrows, hollow trees, dense water reeds, and mangrove thickets. Like all snakes, Indian pythons are strict carnivore...