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Reptile · Python molurus
Indian rock python
अजगर (ajgar)
IUCN NT · Near threatenedProtected under Indian law · I
A heavy non-venomous constrictor up to about three metres, patterned in brown blotches, lying up in burrows and ruins.
How to recognise it
Pythons bask at burrow mouths on cool winter mornings, which is the realistic time to see one. They move slowly and do not pursue.
Protection
Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Where to see it
Agra
Keoladeo's python burrows are one of the few places in India where the species is watched routinely from a marked path.
Keoladeo Ghana National Park (Bharatpur) (often)