Pythonidae
Squamata
Reptilia
Approximately 2 months.
25-30 eggs on average.
Carnivorous. It feeds mainly on rodents and other mammals.
About 15 years old.
The Indian Python is a large snake. It can reach a record size of up to 6,5 meters in length, but most individuals rarely exceed 4 meters.
It generally hunts at night, and waits patiently, hidden among the vegetation, for suitable prey to pass by. The victim, which can be as large as a young deer, is swallowed whole, starting with the head to prevent the limbs from getting stuck. After each meal, it can take weeks or even months before a python needs to eat again. Like the rest of the pythons, it lacks venom. It kills its prey by constriction.
The female python lays up to 100 eggs in a tight pile and then coils around it to protect it from nest-robbing predators.
With the help of its body, it incubates its eggs at a temperature higher than room temperature. It achieves this through muscle contractions that raise its body temperature a few degrees.
