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Python molurus

Species of snake

Species / taxontaxonQ245183

Also known as black-tailed python · Asiatic rock python · Indian Rock Python · Indian python

Scientific name: Python molurus
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1.Stated in Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution
2.Stated in Reptile Database
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Rank: species
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1.Stated in Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution
2.Stated in Reptile Database
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Parent taxon: Python
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1.Stated in Annotated checklist of the recent and extinct pythons (Serpentes, Pythonidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution
2.Stated in Reptile Database
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Conservation status: near threatened
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1.Stated in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2Retrieved 2023-01-03
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The Indian python is a large python species native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is also known by the common names black-tailed python, Indian rock python, and Asian rock python. Although smaller than its close relative the Burmese python, it is still among the largest snakes in the world. It is generally lighter colored than the Burmese python and reaches usually 3 m. Like all pythons, it is nonvenomous.

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Taxon common name: Asiatic rock python
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1.Stated in ARKive
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pitón india
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1.sabencia.net/nomenclator.php
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tigrasti piton
indijski piton
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Taxon synonym: Python molurus pimbura
Original combination: Coluber molurus
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1.Stated in Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemRetrieved 2021-11-11
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Short name: P. molurus

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