Description
English: Indian rock python (Python molurus)
Date 16 September 2008, 17:48:11
Author Pratik Jain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pratik_jain_dahod_python.JPG

Python molurus is a large nonvenomous python species found in many tropic and subtropic areas of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is known by the common names Indian python, black-tailed python and Indian rock python. The species is limited to Southern Asia. It is generally lighter colored than the Burmese python and reaches usually 3 metres. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Pythonidae, Genus: Python, Species: Python molurus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Synonyms:
[Coluber] Molurus Linnaeus, 1758
Boa Ordinata Schneider, 1801
Boa Cinerae Schneider, 1801
Boa Castanea Schneider, 1801
Boa Albicans Schneider, 1801
Boa Orbiculata Schneider, 1801
Coluber Boaeformis Shaw, 1802
Python bora Daudin, 1803
Python tigris Daudin, 1803
Python tigris castaneus - Daudin, 1803
Python tigris albanicus [sic] - Daudin, 1803
Python ordinatus - Daudin, 1803
Python Javanicus Kuhl, 1820
Python molurus - Gray, 1842
Python Jamesonii Gray, 1842
Python (Asterophis) tigris - Fitzinger, 1843
Python molurus - Boulenger, 1893
Python molurus [molurus] - F. Werner, 1899
[Python molurus] var. ocellatus F. Werner, 1899
[Python molurus] var. intermedia F. Werner, 1899
Python molurus molurus - Stull, 1935
Python molurus - M.A. Smith, 1943
Python molurus pimbura Deraniyagala, 1945
Python molurus molurus - Stimson, 1969
[Python molurus] var. [molurus] - Deuve, 1970
Python molurus - Kluge, 1993