rock python

Large African constrictor

Rock python refers to large, heavy-bodied constrictor snakes of the genus *Python*, particularly the African rock python and the Indian rock python.

These snakes are among the largest in the world, capable of reaching lengths over twenty feet.

They inhabit rocky outcrops, grasslands, and forests, killing prey by coiling around it and squeezing until it suffocates.

Related

scales · Africa · reticulated · slither · prey · swallow · feeding time · jungle · rain forest · reptile · muscular · ambush · live prey · fangs · cold-blooded · terrarium · exotic pet · shedding

Opposites
venom/killing method

rock pythonking cobra

Longest venomous serpent

black mamba · viper · rattlesnake · venomous snake · cobra

size among snakes

rock pythonblind snake

Eyeless burrowing serpent

garter snake

habitat preference

rock pythonsea snake

Aquatic venomous serpent

water moccasin · green anaconda · anaconda

Family

rock, python, rocks, rocked, rocking, rocker, rocky, rockier, rockiest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G