Indian 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 Southeast Asia. It is smaller than the close relative the Burmese python but still among the largest snakes in the world, generally lighter coloured and usually reaching 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. It differs from the Burmese python in having light 'eyes' in the centres of the spots on its flanks. Nationally Least Concern (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).