Indian Rock Python

About Indian Rock Python:

• It is a large, nonvenomous python species.
• It is known by the common names Black-tailed python and Asian rock python.
• Appearance
  • Indian pythons are usually whitish or yellowish in color 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.
• Habitat: They live in a wide range of habitats, including grasslands and savannas, swamps, marshes, rocky foothills, woodlands, open forests, and river valleys
• Distribution: Indian pythons are found in India, southern Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and probably in the north of Myanmar.
• They are nocturnal and mainly terrestrial creatures. However, they are also very good climbers and can often be seen hanging on branches of trees. Indian pythons are excellent swimmers. 
• Conservation Status
  • IUCN: Near Threatened
  • CITES: Appendix II
  • Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I
• Threats: Habitat destruction and illegal trade

Q1: What is a swamp?

It is an area of land permanently saturated, or filled, with water. Many swamps are even covered by water. There are two main types of swamps: freshwater swamps and saltwater swamps. Swamps are dominated by trees.

News: While Indian rock python population dwindles elsewhere across T.N., it thrives in Moyar Valley