Python molurus; Indian python

Japanese: インドニシキヘビ（英語表記）Python molurus; Indian python

It is a member of the order Lacertidae, family Pythonidae. It is said to reach a body length of 6m, but few exceed 4m. However, it is thicker than the reticulated python, so it appears larger in proportion to its length. Its body is yellowish brown or gray brown, with angular dark brown spots lined up along the midline, and the same color spots lined up on the sides of its body. It is widely distributed from India and Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia to southern China, where it mainly lives in forests and is good at climbing trees. It also often goes underwater and can remain submerged for long periods of time. The number of eggs laid varies greatly, but can exceed 100 in one litter, and the mother snake protects the eggs by coiling her body around them until they hatch.

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Japanese:

トカゲ目ニシキヘビ科。体長は 6mに達するといわれるが，4mをこえるものは少い。しかし，アミメニシキヘビに比べると体が太いので，長さの割合に大きく見える。体は黄褐色ないし灰褐色で，角張った暗褐色の斑紋が正中線上に並び，体側にも同じ色の斑紋が並んでいる。インド，スリランカから東南アジアを経て中国南部まで広く分布し，おもに森林にすみ，木にもよく登る。また，水中へよく入り，長い間もぐったままでいることができる。産卵数には変異が大きいが，一腹で 100個をこえることがあり，母ヘビは卵のまわりにとぐろを巻いて孵化するまで保護する。

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